H. T. Y.

 

Can you see, child?

A star, on its silent ride

Moving steadily, in a set direction.

Oh, but it’s not a star

Lonely satellite

Drifting through the celestial blackness.

 

Silhouettes, silhouettes, take my hand,

Oh, dear

There’s a scar on it, oddly curved and twisted

Well, it’s not a scar

Stain of nicotine

Cigarette, cigarette, evil trickster.

H. T. Y.