# Aftershave

By [0xeFCd](https://paragraph.com/@0xefcd264dca075e71e408973f5ca227b3bb44cfa4) · 2025-07-01

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The aftershave you gifted

Lasted longer than us

Should I spray it one last time?

Let it linger over my otherwise dry skin?

  

The aftertaste of our last kiss

Stands firmly on my tongue

Should I erase it with water?

Let it melt into my heart shaped cavity?

  

The after hours of our conversations

Still keep me up late at nights

Should I drown them with sleep?

Let them dissipate with the reckoning of a new dawn?

  

The aftermath of a concluded "us"

Feels like an unfinished business

Should I let it haunt me?

Or bottle it in

In the almost empty aftershave you gifted?

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*Originally published on [0xeFCd](https://paragraph.com/@0xefcd264dca075e71e408973f5ca227b3bb44cfa4/aftershave)*