My First Cigarette in Three Years

Ellie Blake
Apr 16, 2022

Well, I cracked.

After hitting a cluster fuck of morning traffic somewhere outside of Nashville after driving since 10PM, I decided a cigarette would be a good idea.

There are a multitude of other reasons I decided to crack after so long and we’ll just summarize them all as the fuckery that had tragically become my life in the last several hours.

Anyway, I bought a pack of Marlboro Lights. I sparked one up, took a long drag, threw up in my mouth, and then immediately threw the cigarette along with the entire pack out of the window. (Sorry, Earth).

And that’s almost $9 I’ll never get back.

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