Memories of Snow

Candy Cigarettes

Candy Cigarettes

Smoking is so cool!
But you can't do it in grad school,
so have a candy cigarette instead.

Have a Lucky strike or Marlboro;
have a camel or a Kool;
a stick of sugar that goes straight to your head.

Be as sexy as a movie star:
Janet Leigh or Milten Burrel.
Smokers are successful at their jobs!

Be macho as a baseball player:
Babe Ruth or Gail Saire.
Smokers are happy, healthy souls!

Have a candy cigarette,
regular or filter tipped.
Smoking is the adult thing to do!

Poet's Note: ▶︎

I'm not sure when I wrote this. I know it was sometime in the late twentieth century. This was inspired by a memory from my childhood.