a different view

today i bought a new pair of glasses
expensive rimless anti-glare
i tried them on and the world seemed different
my head felt further away from the ground

i think i've discovered a secret that i could
patent in the name of medical science:
buy a new pair of spectacles
and become 2 inches taller

no smoking

yesterday marked the end of an era
the second october smoking ban
finally kicks in today

so yesterday to mark the end
we decided to make the most of it
and smoked everywhere we could

at the restaurant around the corner
on the terrace, in the hallway
in the rickshaw on the way to work

there's no way it'll work
we said to each other
as we passed around the carton

but when the ban kicked in this morning
my throat was very sore
and i didn't feel like lighting up