The Hot and Cold of it
my heart:
an abandoned
cigarette butt
sputtering on
the sidewalk in
mid-winter, its
lonely embers
anticipating
the kiss of
some charitable
snowflake, her
approach
welcomed by
a puff of smoke
rising to her
curiously
soothing touch
despite --
or maybe
because of --
the certainty
of a future
extinguished
Jack T. Marlowe is a gentleman rogue from Dallas, TX. A writer of poetry and fiction and a veteran of the open mic, his work has appeared in numerous zines, online and in print. Jack is also the editor of Gutter Eloquence Magazine.
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Great poem here.
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