A trip to the store

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    A trip to the store

    Dedicated to Coach King's Health Class 09'

    I had a little itch, so I went to the store.
    I had $3.75, but cigarettes cost more!
    I didn't know what to do, so I acted like a bum.
    I asked the store clerk if I could just buy one.
    If I let you buy one then you will ask for two,
    don't you know that cigarettes could be the death of you?
    I said I did not care; saw a gleam from over there,
    I found a quarter shining, enough to buy the squares.
    "Gimme a pack of Kools, mentholated please".
    As the cig was put into my mouth, fire met tobacco leaves.
    My lungs filled up with smoke and chemicals galore,
    I did this for a year or so as I was walking from the store.
    As I continued smoking my body began to feel strange.
    And don't forget to mention its harder to find spare change.
    I find myself still walking, but to the doctor instead.
    It's probably because these cigarettes have made me cough up red.
    I looked up at the doctor as he looked back at me,
    he said you have to quit smoking or you will wind up R.I.P.
    A man that kept on smoking with four dollars gripping tight.
    How much is in your hand and will you spend it right?

    MAKE WISE CHOICES- Coach King

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