"There's a lot of stories In every cigarette. A lot of stories in The one Stained with my Lipstick. A lot of reasons For the smoke making Curly pictures In my lungs.
"I'm smoking a childhood, Rolled in Domestic violence Court case Papers, And I'm drinking Hope For a future I let go of Years ago.
"The bags under My eyes Are packed with Late nights of worry, For my high school Sweetheart's Troubled adolescence, And struggle for recovery. I couldn't even Fully close them.
"The slouch in my Shoulders, Is from giving up The fight, For a better life, A better me, It's made from Acceptance of my Lowly state, And self pity.
"The tobacco scent, Combined with Other things... Between my pointer And middle Fingers, Is made of Many meetings, And hugs, From family who Didn't Love Me.
"Who am I? Look at me. I am possibility. The eulogy for your Battered youth, And the future You could have had. I'm you, If you let go."