Candles Lit from Both Ends - Wenzel Coxswain & the Potholes

"The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long -- and you have burned so very, very brightly. Look at you: you're the Prodigal Son; you're quite the prize!" Tyrell, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by PK Dick.
I see candles burning at both ends, what-- in low gravity? Dreams are weird. Better jam with the Potholes...