Analysis of Up In Smoke

An instantaneous moment is caught
within the eye's peripheral vision,
combustible concern casually
careens into sparkled indifference
as random selection ignites the chair,
with a smoker's harsh cough for company
and nicotine dreams at the back of mind
flames crack their wings with delicious laughter.

There's a second of realisation
below the fear of death's internal rage,
tobacco's cylindrical bright-lit want
stares need in the face with thin manic greed,
the price of addiction goes up in smoke,
blue-curled vapour seeks organic matter
with pleasant alacrity while paper
hopes wither in suspended animation.