Cigarette

Let’s just not 
You had said 
And then there
With the fanfare 
Of tamping out
It was over 
As though it 
Was nothing more 
Than a respite
Or a pause 
Maybe an intermission 
Perhaps an intervention 
Not an invention 
Because you you
Are too skilled 
And too schooled 
For this to 
Be your first 
Time doing this 
Ah but me
Besides being nothing 
I meant nothing 
Is this how 
They all feel 
Like a cigarette