cigarette – Liferaft in the Abyss

I shouldn’t have have had that cigarette….

It was OK Before that hill. My walking slowed to a crawl And breathing became labored. But you can’t put coins in a ATM, So now I have to have another one….

Smokin’ Rome, a poem

A man askedif I would helpwith the bucketbrigade tosave Rome fromburning. I said no, andand litmy cigarette fromamong it’s flames. I smiled atoothless grin, ~puff~