Cigarette Smoke

My first love was a hero
In shining armor then;
My second was a zero,
On a scale from one to ten;
My third went up in smoke,
My fourth was a joke.
I've lost count of the amount now.
Okeydoke?

by Gary Bachlund , 2008, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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by Gary Bachlund , "Cigarette Smoke", 1990, rev. 2009 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Love Songs for Dorothy, no. 2.

Date added to the website: 2009-03-03.

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