Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

1970s Cigarette Silvathin Ad

Women smoke to stay thin.
Men can get bigger.
It is okay.
After their weddings they can balloon up.
Women will tolerate it.
But women better get thinner and thinner.
The commercial writers of SilvaThin knew this.
They spread the propaganda
And women bought in.
Wanting to be thinner
and thinner
and thinner
and thinner
and thinner
and thinne
and thin
and thi
and th
and t
and 
an
a
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Gershon Wolf April 23, 2022 at 7:46 PM Hahahahaha. Where'd you disappear to, Caren? :) Caren Krutsinger April 24, 2022 at 11:56 PM I wish!

Ilene Bauer April 22, 2022 at 11:54 AM ha! very cleverly written, caren... Caren Krutsinger April 22, 2022 at 12:43 PM Thank you Ilene I could not resist it once I started

L Milton Hankins April 21, 2022 at 9:11 PM LOL. So clever..... Caren Krutsinger April 22, 2022 at 2:10 AM And so true!

Kenneth Cheney April 21, 2022 at 6:51 PM Thinned themselves right into an early grave. Sad to say. Caren Krutsinger April 22, 2022 at 2:10 AM My mother died of lung/bone/brain cancer thank you cigarettes!