Smoking Kills

 

As the blue smoke reaches the ceiling and spreads across the room

non smokers reel in horror and contemplate their doom

Cigarettes cannot achieve this as they are so mundane

but cigars and pipes are certainly not the same

Savour the flavour of hand picked mature leaves

as non smokers breathe in the fumes and heave

My joy is an appropriate drink and conducive company

to light with care the cigar or pipe and smoke in harmony

Warning labels shout out loud that death awaits

but I see no warnings on red meat or car fumes of late

I shall smoke as many have done before

despite the fear and the long arm of the law

I resent being made to stand out in the rain

whilst the fanatically healthy cower in their miserable shame

Smoking can kill and often it does

but I enjoy what gives me a buzz

They tax it gladly for more revenue

then tell you that it will kill you

I shall smoke and risk being a social outcast

because my life and pleasures are foremost

Cigarette smokers inhale to get their high

whilst pipe and cigar smokers simply savour and sigh