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I write this for cigarettes
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ISBN13: 9798250537193
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 3 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 3 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
I write this for cigarettes is a raw, lyrical descent through memory, silence, longing, and self-invention. Moving between childhood interiority and adult entanglements, Gates writes from the fault line between witness and participant, where spiritual hunger, emotional dependence, and social performance blur into one another. What begins as an inward practice of survival becomes a record of attachment, rupture, and the cost of wanting to be seen clearly. Unflinching and intimate, this is a book about the stories we inherit, the selves we perform, and the private vows that keep us alive.
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