Cigarette in his mouth,
tightened jaw,
a fatal flaw.
They don't kill you unless you light them.
It's a metaphor, see:
You put the killing thing right between your teeth
but don't give it the power to do its killing.
It's a metaphor.
I'm a big believer in metaphor.
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Found Poetry
PoetryA collection of poems that I've written using only words and sentences that I've found in books. The title of each poem is the book that I drew it from.