Not so much
A pull on the
Cigarette as
Letting a drift
Of smoke be
A quiet companion

Not so much
An indulgence
Held as its
lightly
Felt in the hand
My only baccarat
Around a few sips
Of lagavulin

Not so much
a vice as a
way to pass
some days
of sun on
the deck
alone with
pretty lucie.

RLB, 11-19-2016