but nicotine products yoke;
kill where addiction gets woke,
thus important to toke
to sons and daughters
concerning nasty habit smoke -
king entails and protest to revoke
faux glamour cause cancer sticks poke
a hole in campaign to
\"lighting up,\" no joke puffing
like a drag -
ain\'t gonna bring no magic,
thus implicate advertising companies
that deliberately target young folk
yup...
recalcitrant teens
disregard \"lighting up,\"
a nasty bitch to kick habit
and nip in the bud
without any ifs, ands, nor buts
cause recalcitrant kids oblivious
to a thousand cuts
while Rome burns Nero fiddles
and responsible parties futz
lack aggressive action that guts
proliferation where \"fag\" juts
out of mouth
adding stink to captain klutz
and kids feel nuts
not to fit in with the crowd,
whereby bullied
and being called putz
but driving home
hazards of \"lighting up\"
analogous to floor the accelerator
only digging deeper ruts
and essentially find plea
to prevent sons and daughters
to turn third eye blind,
when pressure
to cook lungs backfires
only years later damage
dirty deeds done dirt cheap
courtesy deigned to alarm
against temptation
that will cause harm
and ground out
before first stub extinguished
lest public service announcement
aired for naught,
hence aggressive protest
against inhaling nicotine
at first might be met with apathy,
yet successful message
eventually driven home
as loving mama
or papa doth weep
that graphic grim
emphysema gagging veep
will be proof positive
how carcinogens seep
into major organs of body electric
guaranteeing death sentence
will surely reap
illness such as emphysema,
another unnecessary statistic
hopefully delivers
ashen face blunt truth
Dangerfield Joe Camel touts downside
toward stubborn teens
who try to hide
odoriferous smell
and fabricated and lied
when asked point blank -
but offer pride
against prejudice and be honest
that thee also tried
opening mouth wide
and showing yellowed teeth
and dog awful breath
you took and show
in black and white
often cited in
anti-smoking campaigns
and literature that, on average,
lighting up a single cigarette
shortens a person\'s life
by approximately 11 minutes
of course lectures
(especially at midnight)
yet maybe me poem
that doth wax and wane
not made in vain,
hence encourage boys and girls
not to board that train
to Willoughby, and explain
perils before strong arm
of the law doth detain
methinks that could definitely impact
impossible mission to constrain
peer pressure to abstain
from starting death sentence,
whereat initial breath
with virgin lips upon
phallic symbol of their choice
cuts longevity one
inhalation and exhalation at a time.