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back then



mark senkus



way back
when i used to kiss
you
severely
continuously
my lips would grow
chapped

calloused
even

but now I kiss only
this cigarette

that kisses me back
it sticks
then pulls

away pieces of the living skin
on my
useless
dead
lips

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