Cigarettes

A poem about the evils of smoking cigarettes

DARK DEMON'S OF PRICE, BUY  THEM, LIGHT THEM THEY BECOME YOUR VICE.

ADDICTIVE AND EVIL MAN MADE KILLER'S THAT DON'T CARE WHETHER THEIR FILTERED OR UNFILTERED

ASHES, SMOKE, AND NICOTINE CONSUME YOUR LUNGS THAT ONCE WERE CLEAN AND VIRGIN ONE'S

NOW THEIR INTOXICATED AND CHOKING

BREATH IS HARDER TO TRAVEL TO YOUR VITAL ORGANS

GOD, WHY? DOES CORPORATE GENERALS MAKE LEGAL OF SMOKING

AGING SKIN, WRINKLES BEYOND COMPARE, YELLOW FINGER'S STAINED AND BARE

THE PROBLEM IS .... THAT THEY DON'T CARE

DEATH INSIDE THIS TINY BOX IS SO COMPELLING TO MAKE YOU PICK IT UP

IT CALLS UPON EVERY EVIL THAT FILTER'S INSIDE YOUR SOUL

THE DAMAGE IT HAS TO OFFER CONTAINS, CONTRACTS  AND CARES LITTLE FOR YOUR WELL BEING

MONEY HUNGRY DEMONS WANT MORE AND MORE

TAKE YOUR HEALTH AND STOMP YOU ON THE FLOOR

PRICES RAISE TO NO APPEAL

STUPID DRONE'S DON'T CARE IF THE DAMAGE IS REAL

THEY KEEP BUYING THEIR DEMONS IN A BOX

LIGHT THEM AND SMOKE THEM TILL THEY DROP

ONLY IF THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING

YOU THINK THEY WOULD STOP

OF COURSE NOT

THEIR BRAIN IS BLOCKED FROM THE ADDICTION

CRAVES ARE HARDER TO CONTROL

YOUR MIND IS MADE UP AFTER THE FIRST SMOKE

PUFF YOUR WAY TO ECSTASY, CALM YOUR NERVES TO FEEL BETTER

BUT WHEN IT HAS TAKEN IT'S TOLL DON'T BE SURPRISED TO REGRET PICKING UP THIS DEMON IN A BOX

WHEN YOUR DYING AND HOOKED TO A MACHINE

NEED AIR IN A CONTAINER THAT'S WHEN YOU ALL SCREAM

ACT LIKE YOU DIDN'T KNOW OR UNDERSTAND THAT THE DAMAGE WAS DONE BY YOUR  OWN

HAND

Reviews

[Kelsey Schadt]

I am enjoying the intensty and the air of protest against tobacco industries. Watch your possessives, vs. plurals!