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February 7, 2016
By buddingverse SILVER, Washington, District Of Columbia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I didn&rsquo;t want any flowers, I only wanted<br /> To lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty.<br /> How free it is, you have no idea how free&mdash;&mdash;&quot;<br /> <br /> -Sylvia Plath

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I found you in my cigarette box,

I don’t know why you were there.

I watched you blaze, persuaded glory

I’d let you burn my hair.

I used to smoke a you a day.

Feel your used air renewing me

I sucked you up inside myself

What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?

I let you paint my lungs,

so you might not disappear.

Darling,

Why wouldn’t you stay?

(I don’t think you knew you were here)

© Jessica T., Bethesda, MD

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