Sid was a tall athletic gent
now his body is all bent
hacking cough he has got
too much smoking and rot!
He started too young
with his school chum
as a bit of a dare
they lit up to share
a cigarette, thinking they were ‘cool’
now who seems the real fool?
it’s addictive, he has lost
Too much money it has cost
Health now being checked
lungs filled with tar
so can’t run too far
Oxygen he will need
Maybe even a tube to feed
as body parts break down
he seems a daft clown
slow suicide it is!
Put his family in a tis
Why did he light up
now he spits in a cup
such a filthy bad habit
So hard to break
give up now for life sake?
Fill your lungs just with clean air
Show your body that you really care!
11.07.2005 – decided to post some of my original poems
tobacco is a drug of addiction
so quit with strong conviction!
aroused 
That is so true! Unfortunatelly there are so many Sids around the world… .
May they find the right path in life! 😊
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My dad quit smoking
to save hours not searching
for his lost lighter 😀
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lol at least something gave him the motivation 😉
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It is haiku, in honor of your focus on verse!
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What a way to create awareness kate…..smoking is never really good…we all know that but for some reasons many still smoke…ahh gosh..
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So very true Kate. Well penned and a powerful message. My dad gave up smoking, cold turkey, after his heart operation.
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oh yes, it must be tough to quit but glad he had the right motivation 🙂
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I started smoking at 15 and quit at 34. It was the cool thing to do back in the day. Quitting was the best thing I have ever done.
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yes the industry paid billions to market it as cool and manly, sadly young ones are still taking up this bad habit … thanks for sharing your story Len 🙂
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Kate please try to publish this in newspaper!
It would be nice if many young adults could read this. Very clear and precise.
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wow thanks Rupali but I doubt newspapers publish poetry … not heard of it so I wouldn’t know where to start … I wrote a whole series on various drugs/addictions which I understand the NZ Drug and Alcohol Dept may have used … I was living there when I wrote them 🙂
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Oh. In India regular newspaper publsihes supplements especially on weekend contains articles, poetries, entertainment things etc., just like short magazines 🙂
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lol shame I don’t get paid for poems or meditation, then I could pay my bills 🙂
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Right on, Kate! a VERY important message/warning!
I was born with asthma and severe allergies so being around smokers always made/makes me ill. 😦
(((HUGS)))
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hehehehe My dad was a sid
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Sids annoy me. If they want to contaminate their lungs, fine. But what irks me is when I am forced to inhale their smoke.
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Indeed many of their family suffer worse lung cancer than them … they had a filter, we don’t 😦
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Yes, the archetype, so many in spite of the evidence.
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they all think it wont be them … 😦
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yes it was a very rigid Victorian era
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