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Reduced to Ashes
September 20, 2017
I breathe it in slow.
After all, it’s only one.
I want another.
I inhale again.
Still, a second will not hurt.
Maybe just one more.
This is my last time.
I will not do it again.
You got a lighter?
Please make it slow down.
It is taking over me.
My dry lips need more.
Never will I stop.
I just want the smoke to clear.
But it never will.
I am in trouble.
My lungs are burnt to a crisp.
Help. I cannot breathe.
© Olivia E., Alto, MI
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Smoking awareness. It is as simple as that. Please think twice before you light.