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Stench and Perfume
Dank,stale,sweating armpits
Humid summer noon
The etheral perfume
Aromatic flower in bloom
Stinking public toilet
Stench of the open drain
Wonderful fragrance of hair oil
In fresh hair washed by rain
Obnoxious smell of pus oozing
Unattended gaping wound
Sweet breath from the heavens
Rain falling on parched ground
Dog dung on the dry sea sand
Stinking cigarette on chapped lips
Scented shampoo in soft silk hair
Circus clown in the ocean dips
© Bishwanath Mukherjee
Moldy cheese in the back of
Moldy cheese in the back of the 'fridge,
Aerator needed for the diaper pail's stench,
Too much garlic in the spaghetti sauce tonight,
And too many hours worked for this wench.
Husband left because the garage smelled like cat dung,
Rent went unpaid for a lack of money,
My lips are stuck together since this morning's cup of tea,
...hmmm...maybe it was glue, but it sure looked like honey(?).
...and he asked her, "do you write poetry? Because I feel as if I am the ink that flows from your quill."
"No", she replied, "but I have experienced it. "
nl1220 Loved ur comment
nl1220 Loved ur comment specially a bottle of glue mistaken for a pot of honey and added to morning tea and lips got stuck. Got me into roars of laughter. I shall not venture to open my mouth as large as yours because my mouth stinks
Only my pet dog likes my breath.
©bishu