MATTIE'S CHRISTIAN PAGES

Enjoy the gold you stole from husband and wife.

The damage you have done in each of their life.

You have robbed their pockets, as you damaged their health,

With your poison tobacco, you increased your wealth.

Too late now to give back their much-needed health.

So enjoy while you may, your ill-gotten gain.

One day you will feel the storm and the rain.

You will regret the awful damage you’ve done.

I wish you had to eat each cigarette one by one.

Now you hook our children as they grow.

The damage of your tobacco too soon they will know.

Tobacco handlers, you forget you have children

And grandchildren coming your way.

You will live to regret the unforgettable day,

As they fight for a good fresh breath of air—

Relief not to be found—anywhere!

April 4, 1998

Verna Louise Danklefs ©1998-2000

Dedicated to her husband—

Died April 19, 1998