Green Tea and Cigarettes

she drinks green tea
for her health
no fake sweetener, of course
'cause that stuff
pickles your insides

she smokes Marlboro Reds
the native tobacco
doesn't taste right, she says
but she knows full well
she's kidding herself

she does yoga on Tuesdays
drinks Hefeweisen all weekend
marches on Washington
to end conflict overseas
but there's a Ruger
in her bedside table
'cause her mommy told her
about men that come in the night

she's got a college education
but works in a bookstore
she laughs and says
it's like drug addict
working in a pharmacy

but when she listens
to that little voice
the one she ignores
she knows
it's a matter of time
before she falls apart
she knows full well
she's killing herself