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“i really don’t drink much,”

he said,

“not like i used to, anyway.
but when i do,
it’s tequila.

straight.

i don’t do shots
like some crazy kid.

i’m smarter than
that.

i just sit there
and sip.

some days
when my cousin comes
to visit -

especially in the summer -

we’ll grab a bottle and some cigars
and sit out in the yard
all afternoon.

sometimes
we don’t even say a word.

we’ll just
sit there
and sip.”

you’ve got to admire that
in a man…

the ability to
relax
and ignore
approaching doom.

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