A CIGARETTE - ONE STANZA

THE PUBLIC ILL-SERVED
WITH AGENDA-DRIVEN WORDS:
"DON'T PASS GAS,
NOT IN MY FACE,
WORSE THAN MACE,
SECOND-HAND SMOKE,
TAKE TOXINS OUTSIDE."
NO ONE ASKS MS. AER
IF HER REALITY CARES,
HOW SHE FARES BY IT.
FORGETTING FORTUNES,
LANDS FOUNDED - AND
HAPPINESS, LIBERAL LIES
FOUNDER TOBACCO.

AN ALTERNATIVE STANZA FROM CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS WHO ENJOYED A NORMAL LIFE SPAN FROM 1859 TO 1928 -

MY CIGARETTE!
THE AMULET THAT CHARMS AFAR
UNREST AND SORROW,
THE MAGIC WAND THAT, FAR
BEYOND TO-DAY CAN CONJURE UP TOMORROW."

P.S. GIVE ME A BREAK FROM INTOLERANT, SOCIALIST, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.