Friday, 1 April 2016

The Scented Word

Excerpts from 'The Book of Scented Things'


Like a priest tipsy on communion wine

a Catholic smell

We've been bathing in Christmas trees

lemon doughnut

An angel's share of whiskey is taken from a barrel by the air

what else would grief 
smell like if not black 
shadows in the cornfield, if not 
the moon's slow bone caught 
in the bullfrog's throat?

tiny perfect violence

on the hero's beach

The devil's cameo is bland

freshly washed with bucket water

ice cream sandwiches

graying amber light

fire ant jam

lime-tree bowers



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