{"id":303,"date":"2005-03-14T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-14T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sixsquare.com\/?p=303"},"modified":"2005-03-14T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-14T16:10:00","slug":"american-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sixsquare.com\/index.php\/american-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"american spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m on the corner of Cahuenga and Sunset headed for Groundwork for some coffee and a few minutes in a chair. Supervisor MELISSA has followed me. She’s on her way to get cigarettes and coffee. I like Melissa, so I say I’ll see her at the coffee counter.<\/p>\n

She joins me later as I’m getting my joe and my healthy muffin. She has a new pack of cigarettes.<\/p>\n

“Is that your brand?” I ask.<\/p>\n

“Yeah. You ever try one?”<\/p>\n

“No.”<\/p>\n

She says, “It’s a twenty-minute cigarette. They last a while.”<\/p>\n

I look at her and realize that she’s offering me one. I don’t smoke but I take it, and in that moment, I want to marry her.<\/p>\n

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