{"product_id":"the-last-cigarette-on-earth-9781941026656","title":"The Last Cigarette on Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gay Latino's intimate journey through addiction, human desire and broken love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA major Latino writer's intimate but healing journey through addiction, human desire and broken love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom He Leaves a Message in the Middle of the Night\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe loved beer\u003cbr\u003eand crack. He loved heroin, ecstasy, the sad music\u003cbr\u003eof the bars. He said he loved you too. You are\u003cbr\u003ethinking of the night you met him. Late October\u003cbr\u003e night, the breeze as soft as his black eyes. He was\u003cbr\u003eso hungry for trouble. You were so hungry\u003cbr\u003efor anything that resembled love. Your finger\u003cbr\u003etracing the tattoos on his chest, you dreamed\u003cbr\u003eof living in the prison of his arms. But you refused\u003cbr\u003eto live in the prison of his deadly nights. You\u003cbr\u003ecan't survive without the morning\u003cbr\u003elight. You repeat this again and again: \u003cbr\u003eHe's a man, not an illness. Tattoos and prison.\u003cbr\u003eNovels and poems.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA bird can love a fish but they can't\u003cbr\u003elive in your apartment.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHe called again last night\u003cbr\u003eand left a message that was meant to wound.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe said: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eI want to know what you meant when\u003cbr\u003eyou said I love you.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYou said: I love you. I meant I love you.\u003cbr\u003eHe said: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eI want to know what you meant when\u003cbr\u003eyou said goodbye.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYou said: Goodbye. I meant goodbye.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou whispered his name in the dark.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cinco Puntos Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941026656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Benjamin Alire S?enz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45331875266741,"sku":"9781941026656","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_274ec670-e4b2-4584-aeb5-1d1e720d6050.jpg?v=1745938354","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-last-cigarette-on-earth-9781941026656","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}