Well that took me back,
Back many years of my life.
Three guys came into the coffee bar,
Got their coffee,
Went outside
And sat at a table.
As they sat down
Each reached into their pockets
And pulled out some cigarettes,
Once they were lit
They sat around chatting,
And drinking,
And smoking,
And that took me back,
Back to when smoking was the norm.
Walking into a smoke filled pub,
Thinking nothing of it
As I pulled out a fag
To go with my pint.
At work it was often the case
As I walked into an office
I could barely see across the room,
The smoke from cigarettes hid everyone.
Nowadays it is just not done,
But back then it was normal,
And those three guys reminded me,
Of those fun, smoke filled days.
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- Comment from author about the poem: Yes I used to smoke but I have now given up for 36 years,four months and two days, not that I am counting of course.
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A fine write and clip Gold. I gave up smoking about age 13, with my first and last ciggy!
Was that the one you got from Walter Raleigh when he got off his boat?
Oh yes it was! Now I'm even older - I'm 21 again?!
My first and last even pre-dated Barons and Camels - I think they were called Saxon puffs.
We didn't even know what to do with them and Harold went and poked himself in the eye with one - the History books got it all wrong - we know - we were there.
A rare sight these days and I wonder after all the publicity why it is that many still do smoke.
It seems to be the youngsters that smoke. In my younger days smoking was the norm. My local at the time everybody in the public bar smoked except the Landlord and his wife and one lady that used to come in on a Saturday lunchtime and she worked at a tobacco firm. She used to get our cigarettes and baccy for us at cost price - so she never had to buy a drink.
Yes thins have changed it's more than just a youth thing.
Great observation and always nice to be walked down memory lane
Thank you Andrew, most of our memories are of the good times we had.
Thinking on health matters changes but smoking will always now be discouraged as so many cancers have been found for the ill that it causes - thanks for the posting on what youth even nowadays likes to do just for show dear Goldi - - -
Thank you Fay, the youth think they kno better in spite of kin owing it to be wrong.
a trip down memory lane indeed... twas a different world wasn't it... even now after so many years of being a non smoker, I sometimes fancy a puff or two...... Nice one sir...
I feel the same, if I had just one smoke I fear that I would start again,
snap... trouble is.. I used to really enjoy it.. crazy as it was .. there are not as many truly physically addictive substances as people often think but nicotine & of course alcohol are right up there near the top.... N
Thanks for sharing UNCLE ANDY ! I heard the 21st C line up of the Platters in Cyprus Gardens : Florida : A very distinctive & Heart warming sound : AMEN.
I have never smoked (due to non-Smoking Parents ?) and ANGELA being a cardio-vascular expert is much too savvy & Health Conscious to smoke or use Drugs ! We both only drink in moderation (Despite her being the RIOJA MERCHANTS Daughter !) and we are never (knowingly) over the limit ! For this reason both Angela & I welcome the increasing Worldwide ban on the use of tobacco in enclosed spaces : OK
Thanks for caring & sharing :
Blessings & love to You BOTH :
ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
My parents smoked as well Arbuthnot they both gave up about three months after I had. The Platters were. Wonderful group.
The image of my trying the very first cigarette is forever imprinted on my mind, on the schools first outing to the most serene valley of Srinagar, Kashmir.
I also distinctly remember when I went cold turkey, while visiting Paris, France.
And now I cross the street as I smell a cig being lit a mile away.
Smoking - feeling cool, being accepted just some of the things
Yes Suresh the smell of smoke nowadays is abhorrent.
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