addiction. when that scent
picture
song
person
weather
anything
slips past your wall of security and gets to you
your head stops and focuses on all the memories of that dreaded thing
your hand starts to tremble with the loss of putting that thing to your mouth, or through your veins and blood
your brain starts to remember how much you love the smell of smoke, ashes, whiskey
the smell of self destruction
your whole body feels the tension
there's no coming back from it this time
About the Creator
The Block Mayor
Like every warm day, Terrence is finishing this day on his L-shaped porch, sipping whisky from a dented flask. Cars pass by slowly, and he watches young women pushing babies in strollers; he hears the neighbors’ arguments and knows which have a regular income and those who are unemployed. Terrence is the self-appointed block mayor, laying judgment on his fellow folk.
By Andrea Corwin 2 days ago in Fiction
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