In honor of The Great American Smokeout!
RP (no S); never happened, never gonna happen.
***
"You bastard!"
"Untrue."
"Goddammit, Sean, let me go!"
"When you promise."
"Your book sucks!"
"Heard it before. Gonna comment on my weight now, Lij?"
"Daddy?"
"Come in, Ally. Good girl!"
"Look, Uncle Lijah, chocolate chip cookies! All you want!"
"Ally. Tell Daddy to Untie Me From This Chair."
"Promise you won't smoke today, Uncle Lijah. You smell bad when you smoke."
"Ally, dear. That's not your business. Or your Daddy's."
"One day, Lij, that's all I ask. So many of Mom's friends have died of lung cancer. One day. I know you can do it."
"...cookies?"
"You're untied."
***
The American Cancer Society has designated the third Thursday in November as the Great American Smokeout -- a day in which smokers are encouraged to give up the leaf for 24 hours, just to see if they can. Many quitters have used this day as their starting point.
As I said, the above is just a silly drabble. But I do wish the dear lad would put those nails down.
***
"You bastard!"
"Untrue."
"Goddammit, Sean, let me go!"
"When you promise."
"Your book sucks!"
"Heard it before. Gonna comment on my weight now, Lij?"
"Daddy?"
"Come in, Ally. Good girl!"
"Look, Uncle Lijah, chocolate chip cookies! All you want!"
"Ally. Tell Daddy to Untie Me From This Chair."
"Promise you won't smoke today, Uncle Lijah. You smell bad when you smoke."
"Ally, dear. That's not your business. Or your Daddy's."
"One day, Lij, that's all I ask. So many of Mom's friends have died of lung cancer. One day. I know you can do it."
"...cookies?"
"You're untied."
***
The American Cancer Society has designated the third Thursday in November as the Great American Smokeout -- a day in which smokers are encouraged to give up the leaf for 24 hours, just to see if they can. Many quitters have used this day as their starting point.
As I said, the above is just a silly drabble. But I do wish the dear lad would put those nails down.