Epitaph Poem by Lucienne Kim Flavell

Epitaph

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I miss the smell of smoke
coming in the open window.

You would sit on the step,
in a circle of light
and watch the sunset.
Exhaling;
your lips were an 'O',
your breath; a wreath
above your head.

Your pack of Marlboro
gathers dust on the shelf
and your smoker's tray
is full of rain
and autumn leaves.

I remember
your cigarette butt glowed
and the ash
scattered in the wind.

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My poem Epitaph came 18 out of almost 1,400 poems in the Poetic Republic Poetry Competition 2013. It has been published in Poetic Republic: Poems to Talk About 2013
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