My windpipe is chockful of smoke
Straining to utter words to woo
Neurons swimming in alcohol
To fool myself that I’m with you
Exasperated; waiting for when
Oxytocin in lieu of nicotine
Dominates my body and brain
And love satisfies, not deride
There is one I seek, from whose love
I will wholeheartedly suffocate
She will not fiddle nor balance
But overwhelm the chemicals in me
She is the catalyst I need
To join, aid, and to complete me
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Gari Jamero is a BS Biology Student from Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan and Producer-Director of The Xavier Film Society.