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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOU AGAIN, by RON PADGETT Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I think I'm smoking too much too many cigarettes Last Line: Every day this week and I'm glad I don't drink so there Subject(s): Fire; Smoking; Substance Abuse; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes; Addictive Behavior | |||
I think I'm smoking too much too many cigarettes And with a sore throat coming on why don't I Get to bed watch a string Of late movies there're some pretty good ones on Tonight the apartment is colder than Usual when it's usually verging on broiling if I were A lobster I wouldn't be getting a sore throat and certainly Wouldn't be smoking and cigarettes are so high In New York an odd situation in Vermont I'm going to stop smoking even Though I love to smoke like a Turk in Tulsa the cigarettes are cheaper and Dick Is smoking them up pretty soon he'll be back To enjoy the luxury of smoking as opposed to the habit I ought to read Cendrars but He makes me want to smoke and squint and hit Someone in the heart as you've hit me Every day this week and I'm glad I don't drink so there | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARIJUANA NOTATION by ALLEN GINSBERG ELEGY ON A QUID OF TOBACCO by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE WHITE WITCH by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON PLAYING JACKS IN BHAKTAPUR by KAREN SWENSON SPRING by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS RECESSIONAL (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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