Sharing a Smoke with Someone New

Dec. 5, 2012

Sharing a Smoke with Someone New

Hello.
     Hello!
Cigarette?
     Don't smoke.
That's smart, they'll kill ya.
     You would know best.
Not me. My lungs, my heart, my blood!
     Your poor body!
Not even that!
     Not even that?
My self, decades from now,
Howling back at me.
     You hear?
I hear.
     Every day?
Every day.
     I'll take one, then.
 Oh?
     I'd like to hear the future.
With me?
     With you.
     No one should listen to those echoes alone.
Not alone.
     (Inhale)
You hear?
     I hear.
Make you want to quit?
     Make you want to quit?
A bit, but...
     A bit, but?
 Listen.
...
Hear them harmonizing?
     ...Not yet.
Not yet?
     We'll give it time.
We'll give it time.