Cancer Stick (Poem)
I went outside to consume half a cancer stick
Only because I had had whiskey and because they were under my bed
I stumbled out to the road
I wanted to see something
I didn't know what
It began to rain, strangely
It hadn't rained in weeks, I realized
Only because I could smell the asphalt
I wandered onto the yellow lines
Only because the road was desolate
Only because it was 3am, Thursday
I walked the line, an acrobat on a tightrope
Clip clop went my feet
I was wearing sandals
I put out the cigarette and headed for bed
Only because my feet were going to get wet
I thought of her
Only because the candle she made me was sitting on my bedside table
I could hardly bring myself to burn it
But I lit the wick
Only because my sweater smelled like cigarettes
Only because my room smelled like cigarettes
Only because I hate the smell of cigarettes
Only because I had had whiskey and because they were under my bed
I stumbled out to the road
I wanted to see something
I didn't know what
It began to rain, strangely
It hadn't rained in weeks, I realized
Only because I could smell the asphalt
I wandered onto the yellow lines
Only because the road was desolate
Only because it was 3am, Thursday
I walked the line, an acrobat on a tightrope
Clip clop went my feet
I was wearing sandals
I put out the cigarette and headed for bed
Only because my feet were going to get wet
I thought of her
Only because the candle she made me was sitting on my bedside table
I could hardly bring myself to burn it
But I lit the wick
Only because my sweater smelled like cigarettes
Only because my room smelled like cigarettes
Only because I hate the smell of cigarettes
Credits
Writer(s): Quinn Zumkeller
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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