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Tio make me proud


Two doors

Two knobs

Twisted

Turned

Each one at a time

 

As I walk in

The Smoke gets to my brain

As I inhale

Before I can exhale its already traveled through my blood vessels

My lungs weaken because this cancer always kills more than 3,000 non smokers a year

 

I can barely walk towards the bathroom

Because my nostrils are clogged up with nicotine

It's disappointing but at least you won't hide it

The further I walk in the harder it is to breathe

I'm not sure how you can deal with the strong stink it brings.

It scares me to know you inhale this heart diseased Odor all the time

 

It's a hot box of your soul crying for help from any whom on the outside

Killing for fresh air

Just take a break

Tio tenga confiansa en mi

 

Tu changita te  puede ayudar

I’ll help you get through it

Because your soon to come grandkids are going to ask

En donde esta mi abuelo

 

And I sure in hell won't say cigarettes were the cause to your death

Because tio I do love you and the next time I walk through these doors

Please just make me proud

 

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ceci15.avid
<p>I wrote this while exiting my uncles house, it is a true story.&nbsp;</p>

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