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Welcome to Poetic Licence 鈥� a weekly poetry forum, hosted by us, featuring words by local poets. This week? Raquel Teibert.
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swore i鈥檇
these days,
your memories
last as long
as my nicotine habit
swore i鈥檇 smoked my last pack
one month ago, except
the length of a cigarette
only lasts as long as i won鈥檛 forget
what you both taste like
when my lips are wet
with words,
that singe the second
my lips give in
to the craving cause
these days
i don鈥檛 know what鈥檚 worse
the fact that i can鈥檛
quit
a sixty second fix
or that i still
choose to
miss you
Raquel Teibert, 26, is a teacher/artist/writer/activist, but none of the above without a beer and some moderate self-discipline.
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