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Moments sneak up demanding attention to old habits
abstinence for indulgence and promises of completion
whiskey and beer at St. Andrews’ Red Herring Pub 
Lou Reed with Sweet Jane everywhere
outside the night air warm with the buoyancy of the sea
midnight's last call
a cigarette on the sidewalk before crossing to the Kennedy Inn.
I quit too long ago to begin again
mere thoughts pump explosions of necessity.