schoolbus out

tonight i lit a cigarette with a match.
i hadn’t done that for some long time.
it made me remember that you
have to let the
match quit exploding
so you don’t get
a big ol sulfur hit.
it’s ok ‘cause
it smoked me right back to junior high
when we hot boxed a cig between the all of us
on real cold mornings quickly huddled
against the gym wall
and took a buzz with us just in time for first period.
like they couldn’t smell
our happiness in a stuffed room.

i just lit another one.