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Aware of the Air

Her story was such a gripping page turner
Sitting across the dinner table from her
By the fireside while eating a delicious steak
With a side of pasta covered in alfredo sauce
A glass of wine breathes at my finger tips
When I see a look of desire sparkle in her eye
Suddenly she lights up a cigarette clouding the air
Draws it in deeply and my night goes up in smoke
As she exhales the disgusting exhaust in my face
Right in the middle of two juicy steak meals
She decides she needs to suck death into her lungs
And then share it with me as if I like that shit
It's not like I didn't know she smoked but she knows I don't
Not an ounce of consideration for the one across the table
The disgusting smell covers my face and hangs over my head
I can't hold my breath long enough for it to pass
Before she drags another toxic cloud in and blows it my way
Needless to say I had the waitress bring me the bill and wrap my dinner
I thought about not paying for her meal but I'm not that rude
But it was the last time I ever asked her out on a date
Then I vowed never to ask a smoker to go out or share air
As I can't even stand the sight or the thought of another headache
From the chemicals laced into those thin cancer sticks
Nails in the coffin of coughing women who burn my heart without care
Even the mention of smoking within the lines of a poem
Forces my fork hand to stab that verse and turn the page
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