Dad is still smoking.
I’m really upset.
I found his old ashtray
and a used cigarette.
He says it’s not his –
I can’t really tell.
But I know he’s been smoking
His clothes have that smell.
I’ve shown him these pictures
of folks with diseases
that come from tobacco
with coughs and with wheezes.
But my dad is still smoking.
It makes my heart blue.
To discipline grown-ups,
What can you do?
My dad is a strong man,
he’s daring and brave,
but when it comes to tobacco
he acts like a slave.
He tells me he’s quitting
but when will that be?
He won’t stop for himself;
maybe he’ll stop for me…
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