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In Passing
Average;
every meaning
of that word,
I am not.
Because
it takes hours for me
to leave the house.
Complications with
simple l..
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Smoke
And I lay here broken,
with just a thin sheet
covering
all that is left
of me.
He was a bit brutal.
And I could have done without..
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Left Hook
I can sit here for days,
tapping my foot
to the music
pouring from the radio.
Fix my hair,
paint my nails,
and freshen my makeu..
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24 Hour Chip
If there were ever a time
for a Miller Lite
I guess it would be now,
and a cigarette,
and a shot of Wild Turkey.
Celebrating
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Lock and Key
Spending all day
locked up in a room,
penning the last letter
of the last word
in the last note
she’ll ever write.
&ld..
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805
Watershed moments
while sitting in traffic,
the girl two cars up
is texting while she waits.
The smoke from my cigarette
circulates,
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Three
I had been lying here
for three days
before they found me,
all sticky and sweet.
I had in my right hand
a fist,
and a clump of ..
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Zippo
She lights a cigarette
with the Zippo her
father gave her,
the only thing
from his house
she was allowed to retrieve.
A bottle full..
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Smile
Walking midmorning,
another cold day
in Los Angeles,
and the ever present sound
of comfortable shoes
echoes down the alleyway.
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Smothered
Walking in the sunshine
for the first time,
every step
the thoughtful
consideration
of something different.
And there are those
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