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Title: Winter smoko
Author: Kate McInnes
Date Submitted: 5/7/2007
Email: panthus11@hotmail.com

 
Poem: Handbags rummaged
pockets emptied

smokers huddle

chatting

mumbling

valiantly shivering

cupped fingers
butane flare

laughing softly

stamping feet

their
sacred
courtyard
ritual


"Smoko: Australian slang for a work break - cup of tea / coffee or time for a cigarette."...