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7.16.2012

hey, i wrote you a villanelle

Gray

Don’t be a smoke,
Lasts short and glows,
That lingers in the nose.
Darling, the scent is faint
But it stains the airflows.
Don’t be a smoke
That goes before restraint.
You know I’m a not a rose     
That lingers in the nose.
It’s true, I’m no saint
And I have enough woes.
Don’t be a smoke,
My longing for you is quaint.
I have nothing else to disclose
That lingers in the nose.
I worry at night that you ain’t
Remembering our vows.
Don’t be a smoke,
That lingers in the nose.