1.
two graceful fingers
expertly cradle
the cigarette;
manicured, red nails
flash through the haze
2.
curdled smoke pours from its
vile like haunted milk
3.
the girl watches as
her heartbroken mother
shakily sucks the smoke into
her lungs
4.
wispy, mellow ecstasy flows and pours
soothing the mind,
casting a pallor
over the severity of life
5.
the mist hung about the town
like cigarette smoke
clinging to a smoker's deathbed
6.
the package that he offers you is
larger than a cigarette pack
but smaller than a breadbox,
it is clearly not the diamond ring you
are hopping for.
7.
a grungy black boot stomps
in a volatile manner,
extinguishing a
lingering glow
8.
angry fingers snatch
from between my lips,
this eternal craving.
a disappointed question
flickers in the eye of
my best friend.
9.
i am ashamed
of my poison
infused innards,
though i deny it.
cancerous and rotting
between your lips, i seep
into your lungs and may
never be ejected.
10.
hacking, coughing
and glaring
as they pass,
"those smokers!
uneducated fools,
how dare they!"
11.
black ringed eyes gaze
skywards
as smoke creeps out of bruised lips
and slithers towards
the stars
12.
a handsome youth
clutches a billiard queue
in four fingers, and his cigarette
with the fifth
he looks up, sees me watching,
and winks.
13.
a cigarette is to death
as a cradle is to life
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