Since wildfires tend to keep
Recurring where the grass is deep
And meadow-clearing isn’t cheap.
Have we considered raining sheep?

Meteorvinologists
Insist that sheep deployed in mists
Can flatten with their flannel fists
The fiercest fire that exists.*

*It must be fairly granted, though,
The only “experts” saying so
Have pairs of air quotes on the go
When asked to back up what they “know.”

Perhaps the cutting edge is dull,
But don’t preemptively annul
An option that’s available.
Why not try flame-retardant wool?

We’ll know we’ve changed the channel when
We’ve drowned in cloudborne lanolin
The flames those Santa Ana winds
Keep bringing. Then, wet rain again.