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Cigarettes MAG
Just one time he thought.
Then
It was more.
Then
It was again and again.
Then
He couldn't stop.
He grew older and more dependent.
cigarettes
Ate away at his insides.
cigarettes
Gave him shortness of breath.
cigarettes
Gave him a rough hacking cough.
He became so ill he couldn't breath
on his own.
Doctors
Put him in the hospital.
Doctors
put a tube in his throat.
Doctors
Then they took him off the machines.
His heart stopped and he passed.
away.
We
cried for him.
We
buried him.
We
miss him.
Smoking doesn't just hurt the smoker.
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beautifulspirit PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 12 2012 at 5:16 pm
As soon as I read this, I thought of my grandfather who has been smoking since he was 14. Sometimes I worry that he'll leave before his time and end up just like in the poem. I love your last line---it's just how I feel on the subject.
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