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caution: flammable
April 27, 2016
nothing's on fire
but the floorboards are smoking
it's down to the wire
and the room starts choking
my feet are bare
and my skin is raw
in the black air
you see my fatal flaw
you see i am but a mask
and an endless mind
born with the task
of living wholly confined
the smoke crawls up inside of me
through the cracks in my skin
crashing like waves breaking in the sea
with a tide that pulls it in
but nothing's on fire
yet my mind starts to choke
and my lungs full with hellfire
even when you start to smoke
© Claire H., Boxford, MA
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