Grandpa's Cigar
- Jason Devaraj
- Jan 13, 2019
- 1 min read
A pinata hangs
next to streamers
and cellophane banners
with Nemo
playing in the background.
Children fight
over party favors
and cookie wafers
until they dye
their t-shirts rainbow.
The cramped dining room,
filled with unfamiliar family.
sings in unison
the birthday song
with wishes of wealth
and good health
until the short breath
of the restless boy
smothers the flame on the cake.
He starts a new year
seperated from you,
with only a memory
of your scent of smoke.
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