A Pack a Day

One.
Light up, light up
Cherries brighter than the sun
Hotter than anything we've ever had

The second one
Just before the sun
Slid in-between the frown of a game machine
Even though we both know those things are rip offs

Two Three
No hello and no goodbye
Just one nice, long drag
OneTwoThree.

Turn around so you don't have to see
The sun not waving hello to you
And make love to a lighter
Fall asleep with it still burning
That makes four

Sleep until
Something scratches at the roof of your mouth
It might be me
It'll be five, six before you know it

Seven Eight Nine Ten

Must be that damn woman again
Wish I knew her name
Actually, that's not true; I don't give a rat's ass about her

Eleven doesn't burn as hard as two
So we'll brighten up twelve for scientific merit

Thirteen is really only a half
Because there's a knock on the door
From – I don't know who

Who needs lunch?
You've got a number fourteen

Let's have seconds and thirds in between supper
Let's skip supper all together
Lunch doesn't end until you say it does

Seventeen outside and in our grass
Eighteen outside and in the bushes
Nineteen while the sun goes down

Kiss twenty good night
A pack a day.