I feel like a robot, she said.
I want to talk about my sorrow,
but I feel so mechanical.
She sat silent.
She held a cigarette in her left hand.
I watched the ash grow and arch downward.
As she was about to cry,
the ash fell to the floor and shattered.
A tear.

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