Mom, long gone

> Mom, long gone
> smoked a pack a day.
> Beginning in the day
> of total acceptance.
>
> When few feared
> the big death.
> If you didn't smoke
> you were left
>
> out of touch, detached
> and beyond control
> from those who know
> what's best for you.
>
> Similar I'd say
> to what's happening today.