Derma Kaput - I like this because it effectively draws a picture in my head. I think you walked by someone else in a poem yesterday, no?
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yep. seriously.
i noticed the way
her eyes drooped
half-closed
leaving the black marks
etched in her dark skin
looking even darker
the cigarette seemed
duct-taped to her thin
pouting lip
and the smoke
desperate to escape
her broken life.
it was only a moment
but her beady brown eyes
quivered
as she adjusted
her light blue coat
and watched me
walk past
her eyes drooped
half-closed
leaving the black marks
etched in her dark skin
looking even darker
the cigarette seemed
duct-taped to her thin
pouting lip
and the smoke
desperate to escape
her broken life.
it was only a moment
but her beady brown eyes
quivered
as she adjusted
her light blue coat
and watched me
walk past
Derma Kaput - I like this because it effectively draws a picture in my head. I think you walked by someone else in a poem yesterday, no?
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