SMOKE-RINGS

Lighting a cigarette
he sits in his room
blowing smoke through
nostrils and mouth
he occasionally turns a
magician blowing smoke-rings
into the atmosphere
occasional coughs break
the rhythm of cigaretting
never mind,
he continues the game.
Each puff a panacea
for tension release
escape from existential
dilemmas, agony
and as the dictum goes
the spark at the end of
cigarette means
a spark of thought inside the brain.
He enjoys smoking
till the last puff
which is equivalent to
the first kiss of a beauty.