burning out

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You got a light?

*illustration; cigarette as a skyscraper with windows, burning*

Burnt out

Like a city on fire in the rain

Like a cigarette in the wind (burnt out before even lit up)

A candle with a tired wick

You got a fag?

You know how to roll?

Before you know it the stranger you approached knows more secrets about you than anyone

And your life sits casually

On many pairs of unfamiliar ears

Chemicals

In the smoke

In the air

In our bodies

In our minds

The embers burn and again

Unwind just for a moment

Accidentally on purpose we unwind

Burn like coffee on your tongue

The shock of the heat sensational

Burn like CDs burn

It's not what you take from a place, it's what you leave in a place

Make a mark before you go

Fuel the burn

With emotional attachments you have made

Your second-hand obsessions

Burn the bridges that take you backwards

Structures which imitate neurones

Holding you back

Burn the bridges

They can't take you backwards if you put up a flame

Nothing burns like losing your light

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