Sunday, June 1, 2025

fat man with a cigar

there is something
about a man smoking a cigar
that emboldens him.
the big fat
stogie clenched between his teeth,
like a mobster
or politician, 
a Hollywood king.
his chest goes out,
his belly too as he sits back
in his seat.
he believes he's arrived
at some station in life,
and this is the cherry on top.
a cigar from Havana,
blowing smoke rings
into the crowd,
flicking ashes into the night.

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