so very cool
(so we thought)
o what fools
we were back then
seduced by sophistication
anorexic image
the stick insect shape
the current fashion trend
a lot of us are dead
too soon
struck down by
'moliere magique'
o la la
looking
french fabulous glamorous
thin and cancerous
( Moliere died on stage having suffered a coughing fit )
Midweek Motif - Poets United
I remember when it was considered cool and glamorous. The adults seemed terribly sophisticated back then puffing like engines.........I had an aunt that continued smoking even with lung cancer. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteThat final stanza is a bulls-eye. Magnifique. Did you make up the Moliere magique? I started smoking at 17 for exactly these reasons and count each day as a gift. A fine poem.
ReplyDeleteMoliere magique will now enter the lexicon.
DeleteMusic to slit your wrists by and
What a friend we had in cheeses
are mine as well.
Indeed we were fools, Your verse communicates that well.
ReplyDeleteI started swiping my mom's back in 5th grade. All to look cool. Fortunately, I never transcended the yuck factor as a kid.
Jazz cigarettes on the other hand... ;)
I too remember in my early twenties all the cool and partying people were smoking
ReplyDeletethanks for a lovely write, Rall
much love...
Ah yes sadly smoking is still considered to be cool and glamorous in our world.. when will we learn...
ReplyDeleteCool cool write!
ReplyDeleteI am still cool yet was old enough (then) not to become a stick insect...
Anna :o]
There was a time... But now. Well done
ReplyDeleteBoth my father and brother went this way...I am so glad I saw the light (and stopped lighting up) when I was thirty.
ReplyDeleteonly if we had the wisdom in our youth...sad...well put..
ReplyDeleteA fine mix of word and image.. It does have an attraction though sad consequences
ReplyDeletelol so true and well put. We thought we were cool and indeed a fool
ReplyDeleteGreat poem