Smoke Break by M. Price

you ask me if I smoke,
I say no but two days later, I will
take a smoke break at the job
I hate when I can’t shake the sound of you
telling me to take off my pants and
holding my hand, both
in the light of day.
M. Price (she/her) lives in Richmond, Virginia with her cat, Babycat. Her work can be found in Contrary Magazine, Rejection Letters, and Schuylkill Valley Journal. She tweets too much at @notmywurst