Got a ciggie?

I don't smoke. I have never smoked. I have friends who smoke, and some of my co-workers smoke. But I don't smoke. "It's bad for my voice", I say, never mind I don't sing, even amateurishly, these days.

I don't smoke. But I do think about smoking.

Especially when I'm stressed and overwhelmed with .. everything. I think about holding that cigarette between my fingers and puffing away, with a cynical, bitter, twisted smile on my face, my left arm held tight against my chest.

Driving home from Bendigo from an industry conference today, I thought of smoking.