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cheers 68 years smoke free so far -apart from the occasional passive wafting! On 29/05/2019 14:24, Bill Wootton wrote: > 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 < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> ######################################################################## >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: >>> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 >> ######################################################################## >> >> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 >> > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1