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The Marlboro Man

Gramps on how he came back

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Albert Kivak
May 31, 2026
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By Albert Kivak

The kitchen window—the one just above the sink—leads out facing east, and when I slant my head at an angle, the back yard comes into view. And if I cut across this lawn, towards the back, I see a tree—bare except a few leaves, rustling; a dark silhouette swaying and shifting in the October wind. Moonlight splashes the lawn and tree in iri…

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