Ventolin Inhaler Or Christ

For more than forty years my pistol 
And - trust - me - in the dark like a pistol,
Sadly competing with my loved Christ,
Mostly after quaffed Stout cruelly iced!

Years back wore the look of Machine gun,
When it stopped ripe deaths from crazy fun:
The times I’d dared wrestle with Rothmans 
Also with Menthols raunchy romance; 
Once in my bag wouldn’t feel luckless 
As it kept licensing The Reckless 
The Asthmatic: An Idol Worshipper 
My Dream Business: Inhaler’s Shipper.
Till date smuggles it into a church 
Christ’s priests won’t see it, unless they search. 

If my mum were alive, she’d slap me;
Would it – I know - reserve like Hot Tea
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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