The World's Best Cigar                                       


            For taste, aroma,
            Succulence of leaf,
            The ability to burn
            Evenly and at just the right
            Pace
            Is probably a Cuban
 
            But that of course is
            Barely one percent
 
            The other more than ninety-nine
            Depends on him
            Or her
            Who smokes
 
            To draw out quality


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            Emanuel E. García, The Virtues of Calamity, One Hundred Poems2013

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