I'm dealing
With silver venom flowing from his torn lips
That suggested he might do the same
He told me his mother had died of lung cancer
Yet before I could question the lit cigarette
Sitting in the space between his rough fingertips
He whispered to me
In a voice as smooth
As the smoke in his veins
I’m dealing
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