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That's What He Said

He lit a cigarette.

David schell
May 21, 2025
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That's What He Said

He lit a cigarette. 
He smoked down right through 
The old man he looked at me 
like there was something I knew.
He flicked the butt down,
and he snuffed it with his shoe.

And he did’t say nothing.
That’s what he said.
He just nodded his head.

There is always something. 
What we lookin’ to find.
That be the private business.
I kee…

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