Smokey

Humans call me Smoke. It’s a nice name, don’t you think? Very dramatic. It even has an “Ohh” sound in the middle, as if in awe. Really befitting of a being like me.
Now for this human, I knew this was a rare occasion, so I really tried this time. I made my appearance over a frying pan, and I molded myself into the most beautiful shape I could think of - a nuclear mushroom cloud.

I was so excited to be back, that I went everywhere. I have a big personality to be honest, where I kinda fill the room sometimes. But I can’t help it, I really can’t. And some people love me, they even light incense and fires on purpose for me. I mean, I fill churches for crying out loud, I’m practically holy. Anyways this time was particularly glorious- my human had even installed a sound sound system in the kitchen to indicate my appearance. It played an odd, blaring melody to announce my arrival,and the song even had the catchy lyrics “YOU HAVE A FIRE”. I think my human was especially happy to see me , because as soon as the music speakers went on the human started running around in a strange flapping dance. I think it wanted me to spread, and I was happy to oblige. That's when I found out that there wasn’t just one speaker, but three! How wonderful! They all rang to celebrate me, and the human started dancing even more frantically. It was aggressively flapping a dishrag in every direction. Must be a human thing.
Alas, the window was open, and the silly human opened the other windows in the apartment. I was pulled outside into the cold air, but one day I will be back!