(The following poem was rejected by the editors of
Cigar, Cigar World,
and
Cigar Aficionado
magazines, without comment.)
A Good Cigar
is a tightly-wrapped cylinder
of the finest Cuban tobacco
burning imperceptibly
and held
with confidence
between the second
and third fingers of
rich white men
who gather in
exclusive clubs and
drink fine cognac
served to them by
the descendants of slaves.
(This originally appeared in
The Realist
.)
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