I was destined to be a smoker even without the delicious taste of cloves, but I will admit I was drawn to the beautiful, cheerful packs of brightly colored Indonesian goddesses and other exotic images, the way the slim packs fit so nicely into the pocket of a flannel thrift shop shirt, the multiple tax stamps that exemplified their global journey to find me in the far corner of the Pacific Northwest, that whiff of sweet spice as I peeled the little ribbon of plastic around the top of a fresh pack and tore open the foilbetter than opening any candy bar or any pack of candy cigarettes, which I loved when I was a kidand the way the tobacco of the hand-rolled, unfiltered cigarettes stuck to my lips, and the way my lips tingled and went numb while smoking them
That flimsy transparent slide, the preparation of which was by far the most work I had done for the entire project, had been a success
It was just a feeling of triumph
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