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Mr. Ephemeral

Leather jackets and smoke rings.

Dark bars and motor oil stained fingers.

Varicolored skin and scarred knuckles.

Your 5 o'clock shadow scratches my chin.

My lipstick wears off,

I look out the window to see the pitch-dark is rising to violet.

Your cue.

And you leave me staring at the ceiling,

The ghosts of your hands on the surface of my skin.

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carly-a
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Jan 30, 2012
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