BGD Story Board

You can buy a box of bubble gum cigarettes for a dime at

the bodega around the corner. Sometimes,Maria and I walk there, our fingers

laced together, a nickel in each of our pockets.

The bubble gum is pink with white paper wrapped around it. When you put in in your mouth and blow, a white puff comes out. You can really believe your smoking.

We talk with the bubble gum cigarettes

between our fingers. Hold them in the air

like the movie stars on TV.

We let them dangle from our mouths and look at each other

through slitted eyes

then laugh at how grown up we can be how beautiful.

When my sister sees us

pretending to smoke, she shakes her head.

That's why Daddy died, she says.

After that

me and Maria peel the paper off,

turn the cigarettes into regular bubble gum.

The game is over

Bubble Gum

I choose bubble gum cigarettes because I have someone who has gotten very sick from smoking. It was my grandma and she has bad lungs. She went to the hospital and was very sick. She is better now and she quit for life. That's why I choose bubble gum cigarettes.

You can buy a box of bubble gum cigarettes for a dime at

the bodega around the corner. Sometimes,Maria and I walk there, our fingers

laced together, a nickel in each of our pockets.

The bubble gum is pink with white paper wrapped around it. When you put in in your mouth and blow, a white puff comes out. You can really believe your smoking.

We talk with the bubble gum cigarettes

between our fingers. Hold them in the air

like the movie stars on TV.

We let them dangle from our mouths and look at each other

through slitted eyes

then laugh at how grown up we can be how beautiful.

When my sister sees us

pretending to smoke, she shakes her head.

That's why Daddy died, she says.

After that

me and Maria peel the paper off,

turn the cigarettes into regular bubble gum.

The game is over

Bubble Gum

I choose bubble gum cigarettes because I have someone who has gotten very sick from smoking. It was my grandma and she has bad lungs. She went to the hospital and was very sick. She is better now and she quit for life. That's why I choose bubble gum cigarettes.

You can buy a box of bubble gum cigarettes for a dime at

the bodega around the corner. Sometimes,Maria and I walk there, our fingers

laced together, a nickel in each of our pockets.

The bubble gum is pink with white paper wrapped around it. When you put in in your mouth and blow, a white puff comes out. You can really believe your smoking.

We talk with the bubble gum cigarettes

between our fingers. Hold them in the air

like the movie stars on TV.

We let them dangle from our mouths and look at each other

through slitted eyes

then laugh at how grown up we can be how beautiful.

When my sister sees us

pretending to smoke, she shakes her head.

That's why Daddy died, she says.

After that

me and Maria peel the paper off,

turn the cigarettes into regular bubble gum.

The game is over

Bubble Gum

I choose bubble gum cigarettes because I have someone who has gotten very sick from smoking. It was my grandma and she has bad lungs. She went to the hospital and was very sick. She is better now and she quit for life. That's why I choose bubble gum cigarettes.