"Nicotine"

“Nicotine”

Don’t smoke it

to the tip

She said

That’s where all

The nicotine

Is

I thought that was the

point

Of this nasty, expensive

habit

Grandma

Hacked

Then I hacked

Then she hacked

Again

We used to throw

The butts out the window

Camel unfiltereds

I was my Grandma’s

chauffeur

Big old Merc

-- Mark Hanley, April 7, 2018