An Open Letter

Dear Respiratory System,

I’m really, really sorry for subjecting you to almost twenty years of smoking. No really. Now that I’m making a concerted effort to quit, do you have to continue to remind me in such an up-front and public way that you’ve been polluted? I understand that it hasn’t been easy, but really. The hacking and the coughing are really wearing thin.

That never happened when I was smoking.

No, that wasn’t a threat. I’m just saying…

Your pal,

bob