So I left you Sunday night with a picture of this kid.

I happened to catch him just as he was fishin’ something out of his pocket.

Is that what I think it is?!…

No, it’s just a cigarette…not that it makes it any better…

He’s obviously been smoking for a while now considering he’s not coughing up a lung.

…that & the look of bored, false nicotine-contentment on his face.

When I was a kid it would never have crossed my mind to light up.

There were just too many other ways for me to get in trouble that didn’t end with my parents killing me or worse – being permanently grounded.

I spent my summer boredom lying out in the sun on the roof of my father’s truck licking a big spoon-full of peanut butter. I would look up at the clouds, imaging the shapes they created.

(I was a dull child.)

Made me wonder if his parents know…

…and what they would do if they found out.