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Sep 2024
Some days I burn and
other days I smoulder,
it has nothing to do
with my age
although to be fair
I am getting older.

She says,
you're smoking
sizzling on the grill
isn't it time that you
took another pill.

Sometimes
She kills me
by setting me on fire.
John Edward Smallshaw
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John Edward Smallshaw  69/Here and now
(69/Here and now)   
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