For My Brother (Baby)

When my brother turned 18, he became someone else. I realized it was goodbye and hello.

My brother turned 18 today
and what does he buy?
Cigarillos-White Grape-Swisher Sweets.
What a reason to wake up at 6am,
On your birthday.

Oh, and he bought his first
(Legal) pack of cigarettes, too.
Blew smoke in my face backing out of the drive.
I stood in disbelief.

Not at the cigars,
Or the cigarettes,
Or smoke.
Or even that shit he pulled at 6am.

But at the fact that, now,
This (baby) brother
Is deemed, by society,
An adult.