Posts
Challenges
Portals
Authors
Books
beta
Sign Up
Challenge
Up In Smoke: Craft a shortstory, drabble, vignette, or poem that features, includes, or describes the act of smoking.
As a literary device, I love cigarettes. As a real-world item, I hate them. They stink. They're expensive. They're addictive. In film or a piece of writing, though, they're silent characters with souls of their own. I love the smoky exhalation, the expectant inhale. I'm amazed at those white tendrils, reaching skyward, or the plume expelled into a face by an antagonist. I love the words and images surrounding smoking. We can twist the act any way we want. Build suspense. Create tension, or relieve it. Even find humor in the weakness of the addiction. Let me see your spin on it.
Cover image for post Smokin' Hot, by sandflea68
Profile avatar image for sandflea68
sandflea68 in Fiction
213 reads

Smokin’ Hot

He was so smokin’ hot

     fumes of inky smoke curling from full lips

     raspy voice sinking deep inside me

     tropical moist skin wafting desire

     uncoiling torrid lashes of lust

He was so smokin’ hot

     his flames lit up the creeping night

     as I dove into his sultry ocean

     sizzling promise as he drew his smoke

     tiny red dots of ash beckoning

He was so smokin’ hot

     muscular arms the color of mahogany

     on fire on the catwalk of my dreams

     flicking ashes onto my wanting skin

     as I capsized in the quicksand of need

He was so smokin’ hot

    my desire still steams below the surface

    but the smoke has scalded his body

    he struggles to draw breath

    scorched lips and tainted lungs

He was so smokin’ hot

     I help him with his oxygen tank

     wait as he labors to walk

     fill his prescriptions

     cover him with blankets

He was so smokin’ hot!

     The heat is still there

     in my fevered memories

     seared thoughts

     on fire with his pain.

21
7
11