breaks

chocolate breaks
the same

no matter the name
you gave me
that day

chocolate tastes
the same

the kiss
you left me
that afternoon

chocolate melts
that way
you passed it
on your breath
at 1:27pm

vapours of cocoa
rum maybe —
still there
on my tongue
longer than you were

chocolate
never tastes the same
on the roof
of my mouth
after that
day you
tried to leave

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