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A List Of Things To Try Before Smoking A Cigarette

 A List Of Things To Try Before Smoking A Cigarette 1. Meditate 2. Do a headstand 3. Draw something. Anything.  4. Write something you can then light on fire (wishes, burn letters, whatever.)  5. Take a shower. (No one want's to smell like cigarettes after a shower) 6. Sign up for an exercise class. (The thought of moving will make you want to protect your lungs). 7. Put on a face mask. (It'll remind you that skin ages on it's own fast enough, no need to encourage it.)  8. Brush your teeth (similar to five, but not quite as dramatic.) 9. Go for a quick walk.  10. Change your bedsheets. (Even more effective than 5 and 8 put together. Think of all the work!)  11. Write a good things list (David Sedaris calls this a "Reasons to Live List." Tomato, tomato.)  12. Read things (that do not mention cigarettes).  13. Pick a chore and do it start to finish. Better yet, write all the chores you have to do, put them in a hat, and then pick one. Chore Roulette...

If You are Going To Marry A Poet

If You are Going To Marry A Poet Be careful about the day you choose.  Dooms Day, for example, may be the day which  allows your brother and her brother in law, and the family from Canada to be there, even though you gave far too little notice. But in year seven, when she's tired of breeding, of changing, of boundary setting and shifting, a poet will look at that day and go "See? We were doomed from the start." 

A Small Gift from Our Neighbor

A Small Gift From Our Neighbor Shameful, really,  how I can't remember the first time.  I think it was chocolate- I know  it was delivered in a tight, clear, pyrex with a purple lid. It always is.  The children raise squeals like piglets at the trough, and I rummage the cabinets for the silver moon-shaped scooper. Our neighbor's small gift? Homemade heaven  on our tongues. 

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