BENI.

_{arm extends  &&  fingertips soon come to PINCH 
the lit end of their cigarette   –   the smell was beginning
to give him a headache.  he can’t fuss at them for their
vices but perhaps it wouldn’t hurt to take a little break.
“ . . chew gum for a while. ”   //  @faustium  ♥}

         _{———❝ Oh sorry, I didn’t realize you were there… ❞
He couldn’t die from a blackened lung. Body unchanged by the years, all wounds healed. There were the few that mattered: two thin scars under the breast, a burn on the back of his neck, and a birthmark above his left hip bone.}

❝ I should really quit. ❞