Name: Plasencia Reserva 1898 Robusto
Country: Nicaragua
Shape: Parejo
Size: (4 3/4 inches x 52)
Strength: Medium
I paired the Plasencia Reserva 1898 Robusto with Polish vodka and smoked it alone on the balcony on a cold night.
Smoking alone has become a habit. Drinking vodka on the rocks, too.
I enjoy the solitude.
I try not to use my phone, and I try not to think. I let my mind drift.
It’s a form of meditation, I suppose. And, slowly, I’m getting to know myself.
The cigar helps.
Misak Metsarents (1886-1908) was a Western Armenian neo-romantic poet. This is my translation of “Death” from Armenian to English.
(The children are talking)
“Now they have passed the source.”
“Now they have gone through the garden, too.”
“Now they are at the cemetery.”
“Now they buried him…”
“Now they are reading. Does he hear?”
“Now he no longer hears.”
“Now he no longer sees.”
“Now he cannot swallow his saliva.”
“Now he cannot scream.”
“Now it’s over…”
“Now they’re returning.”
“Now he’s all alone…”
“Now he won’t come back.”
“Now he won’t come back.”
“Now he won’t come back.”
“Now he won’t come back…”
Name: Oliva Serie V Melanio Figurado
Country: Nicaragua
Size: (6 1/2 inches x 52)
Strength: Medium to Full
A bearded man with an aquiline nose,
with blue eyes turned grey from the cold,
sinks in a leather armchair after a long day.
He exhales the world slowly
and inhales solitude.
At last! he finds himself in a lounge
where thoughts don’t leak from mouths,
where ideas don’t turn to noise.
He calls the waiter and says,
“Please bring me an Islay whisky.
I would like to taste earth and fire.”
As he waits for his drink,
he pulls out a cigar
from the inside pocket of his jacket
and smells it.
Then he cuts it, licks it, lights it,
and leans back in his chair.
The whisky comes.
The smoke rises.
The man enters his cave.
*****
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