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Viscious hold

by Tiffany Vakilian | Mar 1, 2021 | Poetry

Don't be Afraid of the Smoke

He cooks with a dead man
hanging on him
trying to be free
held so tightly
he has become symbolism
headspace
dead space
and the food holds the truth
hanging on him
like a sour flavor
loose him
and let him go

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