Thank You For Smoking

by rik johnson - Aquarius

I remember hearing, 
i don't know from 
where,
that smoking cigarettes
enhances creativity

so here we go

waiting for the magic
to come
like a police cruiser down this
dark and diceivingly quiet street
or like the next day's work
or like the creeping hunger
or like the cork giving way
to the terrible screams
at long last

or like the lingering suffrage
or like the sudden death
but more like the passing of excrement
and the small private joy and
pride in the void left behind
ah, poetry
thank you for smoking

Reason for writing:

    writing a poem is like taking a healthy shit. for everyone.    

Birth sign: Aquarius
Date created: 1999-12-29 17:49:12
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:41:38
Poem ID: 54213

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