So, It Goes

There are some things in life you must experience to know, and then there are those things that you simply just know--like not to touch the stove when its dial is set to 'high' and the water is frothing over the edge of the pot, or in my case, when there was smoke lingering over the wheat field, infiltrating my nostrils with its staggering scent of burnt wood.

A one-shot story.