By Violet
Date: 2002 Feb 12
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Smoke

i saw this girl smoking
she was about 18 years of anger
bent over her cigarette as though it were life giving
her eyes were thickly lined in black
squinted and silent
slow puff of smoke into winter air
hopeless lungs
broken heart
she had a look of defiance on her pale face
pursed lips and sharp brows
she stamped the smoke out onto the walk
the way someone had stamped out her innocence long ago