A Function Like a Cough

Smoking inhibits the sex drive I said.
oh. no wonder I didn't feel eighteen
when I was eighteen one more reason to
give up smoking, he said.
I thought of the choices he had,
and how his cravings didn't
compare to mine.

Smoking inhibits the sex drive I said.
good job. otherwise I'd go crazy,
she said.
I said nothing, I wanted
a cigarette.