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He had a non-committal yet self-important personality.

October 9, 2016
By Tipster37 SILVER, Surfside, Florida
Tipster37 SILVER, Surfside, Florida
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I looked down,
Examined the lipstick stains
On the filter of my cigarette.

 

I remember
How the idea of him
Had seduced me.

 

How
He forced me
To kiss him (etc.)

 

I remember how
He told me the drink
He fixed me would taste oddly sweet.

 

I looked down and examined
The chips in the fingernail polish
On my index finger and thumb.

 

I looked down,
Calculated how much
I would have to angle my cigarette

 

To burn my palm.


The author's comments:

Inspired by the Bukowski quote from "the man in the brown suit" that serves as the title.


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