Steer clear, Patrick. This is ridiculously rose-coloured. I got sick of
coughing and spluttering, believe me.
Bill
On Wed, 29 May 2019 at 5:49 pm, Patrick McManus <
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> Thanks Bill made me laugh cheers P never got into smoking tried it at
> 12 and never again (so far!)
>
> On 29/05/2019 00:06, Bill Wootton wrote:
> > 1
> >
> >
> > Couldn’t walk out the door
> >
> > without the patting of the pockets.
> >
> > Had to hear the reassuring pants rattle
> >
> > - little wood against little wood,
> >
> > red nubs forward, blacks back
> >
> >
> > And the shirt pocket plastic plop
> >
> > of the ready-rubbed tobacco packet
> >
> > Needing to be so armed
> >
> > to take on the day
> >
> > and not be a bot
> >
> >
> >
> > The thrill of tucking in the Tally Ho paper
> >
> > behind the tiny finger-log
> >
> > of moustache-like tobacco,
> >
> > getting that roll right
> >
> > before the crowning lick
> >
> >
> > And then the poke,
> >
> > even a black-dead match will do
> >
> > and the twirl for the mouth end
> >
> > Moisten lips, insert,
> >
> > - now the striking of the match
> >
> >
> > 2
> >
> >
> > Never looked cool
> >
> > Never felt cool
> >
> >
> > Anyone watching me light up
> >
> > would cack themselves
> >
> >
> > James Dean never
> >
> > went cross-eyed
> >
> >
> > I miss the way
> >
> > those inhalations and exhalations
> >
> >
> > inhabited my system
> >
> > charging me
> >
> >
> > No more stoking
> >
> > the engine of being
> >
> >
> > Feel a little like
> >
> > an unhitched caboose
> >
> >
> > bw
> >
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