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Her cigarette laced breath, her promises that she'd quit, broken, I remember it clearly. Hair bleached with the roots brown, fried, I remember it clearly. Green of her eyes murked with swampy brown, Surrounded by eyeshadow and poorly drawn eyeliner, Surrounded by crows feet and clogged pores, I remember them clearly. Barbie nose, Bridge lithe, sharp, I remember it clearly. Everything about her was frail. Wrists of a 9 year old, bones of a 70 year old, her body wasn't her age. I remember. I remember, Her crooked back, Stooped with age and baddened posture, I remember it clearly. Her rotten teeth, Her eating disorder, What did you eat today? It was a habit to ask She doesn't think I remember, But, I remember. I remember my mother. You left me. but I remember.
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Jul 8, 2012
Jul 8, 2012 at 7:02 AM UTC
I used to break her cigarettes and put them in the trash
Her cigarette laced breath, her promises that she'd quit, broken, I remember it clearly. Hair bleached with the roots brown, fried, I remember it clearly. Green of her eyes murked with swampy brown, Surrounded by eyeshadow and poorly drawn eyeliner, Surrounded by crows feet and clogged pores, I remember them clearly. Barbie nose, Bridge lithe, sharp, I remember it clearly. Everything about her was frail. Wrists of a 9 year old, bones of a 70 year old, her body wasn't her age. I remember. I remember, Her crooked back, Stooped with age and baddened posture, I remember it clearly. Her rotten teeth, Her eating disorder, What did you eat today? It was a habit to ask She doesn't think I remember, But, I remember. I remember my mother. You left me. but I remember.
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Jul 8, 2012
Jul 8, 2012 at 7:02 AM UTC
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