A quick cigarette

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They never told me, “don’t do it”. They must’ve chalked it up to be one of those talks covered in school; like drugs, sex and underage drinking. And though all those teachers, doctors and policemen waggled their fingers at us and said, “don’t do it”, we all still did it. But no one, not one person, mentioned cigarettes.

Maybe everyone thought that the lovely, rotten lungs and teeth that decorated the boxes were warning enough. There were also those commercials on television linking smoking to personal loss in under a minute. And just the smell and taste of cigarettes alone could put us off.

I guess all that did work but I'm not put off cigarettes. I throw all the cartons out and keep my smokes in a special, personally decorated container. I brush my teeth, suck on Tic Tacs, and reply perfume after each smoke. Most importantly, I generally keep the fact that I smoke to myself- my cigarettes, my time.

And its not like I'm addicted, its just that sometimes the world is a little better after a smoke.

It was two weeks into the three week vacation back home will all my family and I b...

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