i never thought i’d be so moved by a cigarette story.  this one has an eerie, lucid beauty to it, and the same intriguing objective poignancy that marks all your transit tales.

thanks for showing us this man.

This was one of those amazing looks into the soul of a person that you laid out in THREE PARAGRAPHS.  I don’t think most people realize how hard that is to do.  I don’t know if I even realize how hard it is to do, but I know you have a gift.

That was fascinating!

Though never at that low point, I recall days past when the conservation of butts was a necessity. Years later it was in fact, a moment in which I realized what control the damned things had over my life that I chose to quit once and for all.

Lovely tale!