“The Ash” by Suzy La Follette
“The Ash”
The first gift I ever gave you was an ashtray.
Remember, how you used to smoke?
It's a pink ashtray-
a flashback from the 60's-maybe,
V-shaped with a stand.
You broke it.
Back when we used to smoke a lot of weed.
Or what I mean is,
I broke it,
back when I used to
smoke a lot of
weed.
You used to smoke cigarettes when I met you.
I thought it was cute,
because we had just met
and those things that seem cute at first
are the same things that will break up a couple later
-or in this case- just kill you slowly.
You would take a drag,
then cock your head to the side,
purse your lips in a tiny O and release.
Drag-cock -O- release.
Drag-cock- O-release.
It was sensual.
Suzy La Follette is a student at Antioch University where she majors in poetry and non-fiction and is an Associate Editor for The Splinter Generation. She has been featured on ABC, NPR’s Best of Urbana 2004, Slam Planet War of the Words CD compilation and is published in Gary Mex Glazner’s How To Make A Life As A Poet. As Taylor Mali, the President of Poetry Slam, Inc., says, “If you are searching for truth, listen. You will find it in Suzy La Follette.” Suzy works as a firefighter and lives in Austin, TX.
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