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\"Sweet<\/a>
Sweet Afton Cigarettes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Words I read of Aftons waters
\nGreen braes and other lines of Burns the bard,
\nOn a packet of cigarettes
\nWhat funny places culture throws her card!<\/p>\n

And from there more of Burns I read,
\nThe more of his writings to read I desired,
\nFor I am a poet, though not as good as he
\nI was and am by him inspired.<\/p>\n

Culture from a cigarette packet…
\nCrazy the idea some wil call,
\nBut I say its better be crazy
\nThan to get no culture at all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Words I read of Aftons waters Green braes and other lines of Burns the bard, On a packet of cigarettes What funny places culture throws her card! And from there more of Burns I read, The more of his writings to read I desired, For I am a poet, though …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,64,621],"tags":[625,624,623,354,356],"class_list":["post-400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ghost-stories","category-inspirational-poetry","category-inspirations-from-quotations","tag-afton-waters","tag-dundalk","tag-robert-burns","tag-sweet-afton","tag-sweet-afton-cigarettes","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-6s","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":226,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/elegy-sweet-afton\/","url_meta":{"origin":400,"position":0},"title":"Elegy – Sweet Afton","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"26th November 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"It was just another brand Just another cigarette Nothing of which to be proud Or noteworthy, but yet To those who with up have grown And those who it have smoked Lament its passing in these tough times And nostalgia it has provoked. 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