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Video: The Best Cigarette by Billy Collins, 1:42

I’ve been smoke free for 2 years. I lost my quit counter when my computer died, but, doubling last year’s numbers, 26,280 cigarettes were not smoked by me in the last 2 years. Sometimes I want one, but the other 26,279 keep me from having it. I couldn’t have done it without God and Jefferson. Thank you both.

The Nativity
Federico Fiori Barocci (1526-1612)

‘Twas the night before Christmas,
And all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring,
They were asleep on the couch!

Rosemary and Percy
(Jefferson Otwell, 2007)