& Mirrors

i watch as you light it
i watch as the tip flares like a small sun

i watch as you close your eyes and breathe
i watch as you inhale

i watch as you speak
i watch as a puff escapes between your teeth

i watch as you wait a while before you exhale
i watch your lips purse

i watch you drag again
i watch the words join gray from your mouth

i watch as your pet smoke begins to sing
i watch it disappear

(and i feel like a rabbit ensnared)