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Twenty Cigarette Burns Ago (Free verse) by DurtKL
He burned His intials into
his left chest
with twenty cigarettes,
each circle was varnished
By sweat and JD.
The pain was incredible.
Justifying every breath taken
Since the first one;
Twenty cigarette burns ago.
Tears formed in her eyes
When she saw the bubbling blisters
formed over burnt black flesh.
That stretched scar on her stomach
ached as it did
that day twenty years ago.
The same tears that
Flowed from her eyes
Twenty cigarette burns worth ago.
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