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The Recovery; The Relapse MAG
He always kept candles, loved
to watch their silent vigil stand
bright against shadow.
He lit them, letting himself
get lost in
their seductive mirage--
only long enough to
snap out of a haze
and extinguish the light between
his fingers.
In a way,
he lived for their death,
the curling of pungent smoke, mingling
with stale bedroom air.
But he also thrived on their rebirth--
the glowing ember, sucking
breath from the smoke and
regenerating from ashes.
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