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Life and Cigarettes

April 9, 2015
By casey_lg PLATINUM, Clemmons, North Carolina
casey_lg PLATINUM, Clemmons, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"history, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." -Maya Angelou


Life is a cigarette,

Bitter and crude

Slowy intoxicating

the recipient until death.

A time bomb,

Waiting to blow.

Sometimes stomped

Or throw out early

But this remains true:

It keeps burning after it is thrown down.


The author's comments:

I was observing people, and I saw a man throw his cigarette onto the ground, but that it burned for a long time after it was put down.


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on Apr. 15 2015 at 1:01 pm
casey_lg PLATINUM, Clemmons, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"history, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." -Maya Angelou

Thanks :) I like your poetry also.

on Apr. 14 2015 at 8:41 pm
EvalynnHeather GOLD, Clemmons, North Carolina
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Love it!!,,,