Cigarettes
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1 min readOct 5, 2015
They burnt away the anxiety
at first.
Inhaling by the lungful,
addiction, chemicals,
not so empty that way.
Their pretty little ashes
falling down,
down,
down,
crushed underfoot,
flames extinguished.
I smoked her down to the filter,
just another cigarette,
but my hands,
they just won’t stop shaking.