Killer ending line, too! I do live in fire country (re: checking the AQI, relatable; I have a shortcut on my phone to PurpleAir), and, besides the ending, the color parallels between fires and some kinds of fruit popsicles are one of the main images to stick with me after this. I did momentarily have to reread "This was years ago, but yesterday . . ." to make sure I had my chronology right. Possibly due to the use of "This" (as opposed to "That"?) in a different stanza from what it's referring to, but I re-oriented to the correct reading almost immediately.