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Dying Lungs, Dying Faith
Ashes fall from a orange ember
The grey smoke swirls above
The TV blares
The Woman coughs on her own spit
The Daughter rushes in, concerned
She breathes in the smell of smoke.....
She has all her life.
False alarm.
The Daughter returns to her computer, the smell of smoke following her.
The Daughter sits down, listening to music
She holds up a hand and lays it upon her chest
"Still breathing...."
There is a slight pain after each breath
A scratchy feel in her airways
She coughs, and she wonders when
The Blood will start to appear.
Family Members warned the Woman
The Daughter warned the woman
Even the dog has fits of coughing now.
Cold hands press together
As the Girl coughs.
In her mind, she thinks,
"She doesn't care that they are killing me.
Killing me slowly."
Her lungs are dying
And the faith the Woman will stop
Has been dying too.
Ashes Fall.
Smoke Swirls.
The Girl can only hold her chest
Coughing quietly
As the Woman's cigarettes
Kill her Lungs slowly.
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