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Throw away sex - 

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an emotional entanglement 

that doesn't last 

long enough 

to decide where 

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one coil ends and 

the other begins. 

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sweat,

sweetness,

cigarette smoke

.

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One of us daubs the lit end 

into an ashtray, 

collects themselves out of

the arrangement from the floor. 

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A thin door closes

a little too quickly. 

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And the morning passes

to the swishing sound of 

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     a broom, 

   a dustpan, 

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of ashes into the trash. 

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