Hand me a cigarette
And tell me another
Beautiful lie before
The sundown

PeterGerstenmaier

Cigarette

Jun 5, 2026

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solaris

So simple yet deeply felt. I enjoy the emotion that this piece carries. (As almost every piece written by you does).

The3mpr3ssofInk

guy-scutellaro

Immortality

Marwan-Baytie

removed.u685248

Your writing is always so cinematic... reading them is like watching tiny little films inside my head. I love you, m8, and I love your talent and I love you heart... it is bigger than a simple body can contain, and as it pulses outside of those boundaries, when it leaks, out comes a tiny movie to us and to God such as this. 

I'm lucky, no blessed, to be able to read you, and I'm doubly blessed to be able to call you friend.

South-by-Southwest

kenpepiton

All my friends I watch that sunset with are dead, they all smoked, the oldest ones smoked Luckies.

patty-mmmmmmmmmm

I too read and see quick glimpses, of my past.  I love your work.

removed.-6njj

Simple and also lovely.  Love the energy in this piece.

lynn-stillman

Embee101

SusieClevenger

Sometimes we need it. I too felt this poem

Carolineshank

badwords

Smokers of the world unite!

https://hellopoetry.com/poem/4971084/nicotine/

LoveMelody

lana-7

i love this piece so much. it takes a lot of talent to be so impactful in just a couple lines

removed.u867383

I've read back REALLY far to so much of your work, Peter. It's sublime and inspired, and it reveals a man with a very rare and precious heart, too. I can see why Jason almost WORSHIPS you, he goes on and on about you. I'm so happy you two are friend, and maybe we can become friends, too.