Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Dead in Different Colours

It's yellow and cylindrical
And belches out green smoke
It's costly and impractical
And causes cancer in your throat
Yet when you get a chance to imbibe it
You can't resist
It's cousin is red and blue 
Like Spiderman without the webs 
She'll trap you in smog instead 
And leave you reeling from a coughing fit
Her best friend is black and white 
But not Asian like the panda 
Her husband likes it brown 
With violet hues in his smoke
And the green smoke sneaks down your throat
Curls up in your lungs
And laughs as you inhale more and more 
Let's face it baby, the joke's on you
Each day you die a little 
Drowning in a motley haze 
Of magical cigarette smoke

The Bilge Master

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