Boy of Ash and Cigarettes.
By Kurashu
She said my flesh was ash
And my tongue composed of cigarette butts.
Breathe like a toxic plume.
I killed her slowly;
although, she loved every second.
Mein schoen Maedchen.
Until one day when she stopped.
Her lungs blacker than night.
The north star lost beyond recognition.
That night I died inside
(And fell into the ash tray among my brothers)
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© 2007 Alec Nikolas Reiter
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On Sunday, August 13, 2017, Mute Serenade
(389) wrote:
This is beautiful. The imagery is on point, and I'm so happy I've read it
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On Wednesday, December 19, 2007, Distorted_Reality
(100) wrote:
This is really genius. It reminds me of something I wrote a while ago (minus the german) but written out way better than I had attempted. Awesome!
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A former member wrote:
This is gorgeous. It made me want to inhale the poem. I love you. xoxox
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On Wednesday, November 28, 2007, Trigger
(68) wrote:
I really enjoyed this, both as a writer and a smoker, but why is "my beautiful girl" auf Deutsch?
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On Thursday, November 29, 2007, Kurashu
(29) wrote:
I felt like adding a little bit of German to my poem. It's been a while since I've done anything with German. Well, I did write half a letter to Kriste auf Deutsch a little while ago...
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On Wednesday, November 28, 2007, serotonin lost
(140) wrote:
this has made me want to quit smoking but at the same time be a cigarette. I'm in love with this in a way that almost feels dirty