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Little Piles of Change

Little Piles of Change LITTLE PILES OF CHANGE GAVIN COLTON olly was having a pint with Pat in Kavanagh’s after work. Pat had Cwon twenty euro on a scratcher that morning and Colly knew it had been burning a hole in his pocket all day, that he’d be gunning for a pint. Colly was happy not to be going home right away. "Nicole's back on the smokes," Colly said. "She's not." "She is. Since losing the job." "Bernie said about the job, it's terrible," Pat said. 8 “The smoking or the job?” “The job. The smoking too.” “It’s been two weeks now. I had to tell the girls not to say anything to her. They were looking at YouTube videos and saying they were worried about their Ma because she was smoking. They think she’s going to die.” “Doesn’t help with those warnings on the boxes, scaring people. Smoking Kills.” “And the pictures of the black lungs in the ads on the telly.” “Disgusting.” “It should be illegal.” Colly downed the end of his pint. “Do yeh miss them yourself? The smokes?” Pat said. “I didn’t until I saw that box beside the kettle the other morning.” “I’m going out myself. Will yeh http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Little Piles of Change

Appalachian Review , Volume 50 (1) – Apr 1, 2022

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University of North Carolina Press
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Copyright © Berea College
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Abstract

LITTLE PILES OF CHANGE GAVIN COLTON olly was having a pint with Pat in Kavanagh’s after work. Pat had Cwon twenty euro on a scratcher that morning and Colly knew it had been burning a hole in his pocket all day, that he’d be gunning for a pint. Colly was happy not to be going home right away. "Nicole's back on the smokes," Colly said. "She's not." "She is. Since losing the job." "Bernie said about the job, it's terrible," Pat said. 8 “The smoking or the job?” “The job. The smoking too.” “It’s been two weeks now. I had to tell the girls not to say anything to her. They were looking at YouTube videos and saying they were worried about their Ma because she was smoking. They think she’s going to die.” “Doesn’t help with those warnings on the boxes, scaring people. Smoking Kills.” “And the pictures of the black lungs in the ads on the telly.” “Disgusting.” “It should be illegal.” Colly downed the end of his pint. “Do yeh miss them yourself? The smokes?” Pat said. “I didn’t until I saw that box beside the kettle the other morning.” “I’m going out myself. Will yeh

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Appalachian ReviewUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Apr 1, 2022

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