The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 200 The Last Cigarette In The World

I watch another boat in the harbour sail out

Sitting on my own in the bay

By the time you get to China on that slow ship

I’ll have bitten all my nails and crumbled into the carpet

You had no clear idea of what you’re looking for

You only knew you couldn’t stay

By the time I burn this tobacco down - it won’t matter any more

You’ll have another name and I’ll be…