Burning the heaps

To save our assets,
During the devastating bushfires last year,
Bulldozers of every shape and size,
(Even an electric D7),
Converged on our small community,
And cleared fire breaks.
Constructed around the school, the hall and,
Dwellings large and small.
This process culminated in heaps.
Heaps of heaps.
Heaps of trees and shrubs and dirt and detritus.

Now a year on and we have mostly,
Come out relatively unscathed.

(Well not of course those few houses,
And the 285000 hectares of bush that burned.)

We are surrounded by regenerating forest,
Vibrant green,
On black and brown,
And the heaps.

But today.
We rejoice in coming through this ordeal.
As they light up THE HEAPS.