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Cigars last forever

once lit

they burn and burn

it gets so that

smoke gets in your eyes

and they water

until you look

like you just watche “ Old Yeller”

tears flowing freely;

unashamedly

It’s the only time

a man is allowed

to cry other than

when his team loses

in the Super Bowl

“Look at that guy!

He’s crying.”

“He ain’t crying.

He’s smoking a cigar”

It’s that bad.

I think the worst one

was at the Village Vanguard

when I saw David Murray

and I lit an eternal cigar

This bitch

just burned and burned

and burned and burned

lasting the entire set.

I was getting sick of it

I huffed and puffed

but I couldn’t

kick this cigar

It got so that

I was half expecting

David Murray

to walk over

and ask me to please—

I mean, PLEASE

put that thing out

It was probably getting

in his eyes, too.

I had to finally

put it out

before it was finished

It finally became

more than I could take

It was the worst cigar

My eyes are still stinging

from it

Just don’t say

I was crying

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