Cashmere Perfume
Undertones of cigarette smoke
delicate butts
rimmed with pink lipstick
Diet Pepsi … the gold can
with a straw
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The consistent smell of Christmas.
I could so easily be a chain smoker too …
her constant inhale/exhale
Too hot in the winter
Too cold in the summer.
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Bridgette the dog’s slobbery tumble
across the lawn.
Gramps shows me the sprinkler box
-sometimes you can catch a frog
plopped in for a drink- he says
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They quit smoking when gramps got cancer.
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But every now and again
I still smell grams’ perfume
and undertones of cigarette smoke.