“Tied to the pleasure of making love, sharing a meal or a good friendship, and enjoying a good drink is the epicurean pleasure of smoking Canimao habanos.”

            -cigar advertisement

SLOW BURN

They removed from Americans

The ability to sit still
But I’m here
On the other side of the world
Every night a slow burn
Tobacco and painted blue stars
An occasional fire across the sky

I’m here

Removed from their efforts to engineer
Spontaneity from the culture
Their sagging shelves
Bric-a-brac small talk
Escapisms
The need to be entertained

I’m here

Wondering if I’m still an American

5/14/18

Afghanistan