Saturday, September 15, 2007

Cigarettes can kill, you know...

Smoke flows out of your mouth like your soul escaping your body.
That's how I see you sometimes.
Soulless, that is.

It wasn't always that way.
Once upon a time... There was love. 
Love that was sent in a letter to a child.
But that love faded--smoke dancing in air--
as you nail the coffin shut.

It wasn't all bad, though, was it?
I still sing that song you sang me.
You know. The one by The Beatles.
That was a pretty good lullaby, really.

I just hope you're still around
When I sing it to my own kids.


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