ryan quinn flanagan | luck of the draw

Luck of the Draw

Picasso’s mother told him
he was destined for
glory:
if you are a soldier
you will be a general,
she told him,
if you are a priest
you will be a
pope.


My mother told me
to grab her cigarettes from
her purse
and not to forget
the damn
lighter.

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