Franks Psychiatry 2 #16: token economy

Frank Prem

first year students
are not allowed
much responsibility

 

but I am in control
of the ward cigarettes

 

a cigarette after a shower
a cigarette to behave
a cigarette for helping with the cleaning
a cigarette for singing a song

 

my life is taken over
surrounded
by the cigarettes and smoke
that make this world
go around

 

while I
poor fool
decided to stop smoking
just a week ago

 

~

  • Author: Frank Prem (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 25th, 2018 01:04
  • Comment from author about the poem: Franks Psychiatry pt - student daze.
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Comments2

  • Goldfinch60

    Smoking was the norm back in those days. I gave up smoking 35 years, 4 months, 1week 1 day ago, not that I am counting of course.

    • Frank Prem

      It was indeed, GF. It took me years to rid myself of te habit. I too can count almost to the day (and the dollar).

    • Laura🌻

      Frank,
      I like that title: TOKEN ECONOMY

      Smoked for a year many, many, many moons ago just to be cool, to be social, to fit in with the crowd, etc...in other words, just being stupid!...(long story why I smoked only for one year)...
      Now I have to deal with secondhand smoking! C’est la vie!

      ~Laura~

      • Frank Prem

        Yup. That's the way of it Laura. I'm clean, these days, thankfully.



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