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Smoking Etiquette
By Temerity
Bring me down from the shelf
Place me next to your heart
In your shirt pocket
For safekeeping
Take me out when you need me
Time for a break
Relieve some stress
Draw me to your lips
Set me on fire
Suck me in
Savor the moment
Before you exhale
Smoke me
Use me up, then
Cast me aside
Grind me into the pavement
Beneath your shoe
The smell of me lingers
In your nostrils, in your clothes
The socially unacceptable thing
The bad habit
Tell your friends I'm not good for you
Then tell yourself it's time to quit.
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© 2007 Temerity
Published on Monday, February 19, 2007.
Filed under:
"Poetry"
Comments on "Smoking Etiquette"
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A former member wrote:
if a cigarette could talk, those are the words it would say, verbatim... this here is like the smoke that burns my lungs.. from the first puff to the last.. dangerously addictive...
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A former member wrote:
and the symbolism! wow! deep, deep, deep..
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A former member wrote:
I like this a lot. It was a great change of pace. Nice to something different. Cool write. I Remember reading some work by Henry Rollins that this reminds me of.
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On Wednesday, February 21, 2007, Temerity
(9)
wrote:
...and what if I told you that this is not really about cigarettes at all...???
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On Tuesday, February 20, 2007, Aunty Depressant
(423) wrote:
I see it as a write from an odd and kind of interesting perspective. I think that people have the right to euthanize themselves, or get a quick rush,... but also nicotine is about the most f'n addictive thing.
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On Tuesday, February 20, 2007, Aunty Depressant
(423) wrote:
I have had to pass on many things due to smoking being present. I have had to keep my asthmatic son from many places, and from ones I love dearly. I used to be defensive, til I saw enough...and quit.
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On Tuesday, February 20, 2007, Aunty Depressant
(423) wrote:
Still crave the fuckers when I'm stressed and used to do alot of heavier things, and smoking is the first to cross my mind.
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A former member wrote:
'Don't smoke, but war is just fine'. I don't like this topic, not that I didn't think your poem was pertinent and well-delivered...just bothers me, the anti-smoking fascism. -END
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On Monday, February 19, 2007, CharlottesWeb
(509) wrote:
Doesn't matter what side of the tracks you come from in my states now. Rich or poor the people have spoken to make it illegal for anyone to smoke in a public establishment (including bars). Socially unacceptable...yes.
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On Monday, February 19, 2007, Cattarax
(210) wrote:
truthful yes .. but " socially unacceptable " I think not .. most I know smoke .. but this might be a ghetto thing .. were 90% of the comunity smokes *sigh* ~T~
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A former member wrote:
Such a truthful write
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