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smoking
clogged airways 
 wheezing, gasping
 can't get up the stairways
 drowning lungs, begging for mercy
 why do you hurt me?
 cancer, emphysema, heart disease, stroke and many more
 can't open the door
 breathing threw tubes 
 attached to a machine 
 this cant be real
 it must be a dream
 but who is to blame 
 that i can't write my name
 i used to be able to climb a peek
 now i can hardly speak
 muscle weakening, shortness of breath
 that's just the beginning 
 it's more addicting than meth
 its not only hurting you
 its hurting the people you "love"
 is this what you want to become of you?

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