December Meme Post 4

My fourth prompt was from seerofbread: "smoke". Somehow that resulted in a sonnet for Vlad Taltos.

( Sonnet below the cut. )

smoke, n.
1. the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
2. something resembling this, as vapor or mist, flying particles, etc.
3. something unsubstantial, evanescent, or without result.
4. an obscuring condition.