Mac McCreedy smoked briar pipes | 1 |
and the occasional mild cigar. | 2 |
His foster grandson thought to create | 3 |
a new kind of cigar ashtray for Mac. | 4 |
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In the second grade, on Pottery Day | 5 |
the kids each received a lump of clay. | 6 |
The boy formed a bowl and notched the edging. | 7 |
He formed a clay thimble, set in the bowl's middle, | 8 |
to snuff Mac's cigars by twisting or wedging. | 9 |
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A glossy brown glaze with dragon's blood highlights | 10 |
the child's first invention, ceramic, age seven. | 11 |