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From the Archives: "Burning Desire," a personal essay by Simone Sidwell

Posted by Sarah

 
Obsessed with cigarettes? Whether you’re trying to quit, unabashedly love ‘em or indulge an occasional craving, we bet your experience with cigarettes has never reached the intensity of this personal essay by Simone Sidwell, originally published in 2000. Or maybe it has? Read on to find out.

"’Will you burn me with your cigarette?’ 

He asked with such unabashed and sudden urgency that I found myself pushing my cigarette into the hand coming towards me — it was as if he had startled me into an instinctive response.”

Read the essay here.


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Posted Dec 17 2007, 01:00 PM
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