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Patsy Collins
Hot Air
Take away coffee
Ah! That’s good. I needed this
cigarette. Had to work for it mind, struggling down all them stairs; it’ll be
worse going up again. 'Course smokers must go outside even if, like now, it’s
raining. There's no consideration.
All the fuss is just a lot of hot
air. Forty a day have done me no harm. Nor Sonia. Having a lightweight baby
actually made things better for her.
Shall I have another ciggie? I
think I’ve got time. No, the disapproving nurse is calling me. Way people carry
on you’d think I was to blame for my son’s chronic asthma.
About the author
Patsy
Collins is a regular contributor to CaféLit and has been featured in The Best
of annual. She has had several books published including novels and a collection
of Patsy's short stories is available as an ebook here and at special low price:
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