Words & Image Sarah Herrmann
I’ve had a / bad taste in my mouth / all day and / couldn’t place it / couldn’t / rid myself of it
staleness / manifested there / rotting / decaying / dying
outside now / it’s finally going away
this place smells nutritious / lungfuls of yummy summer air / old and bending pine trees / eucalyptus, bottlebrush / blossom, pollen, lawn
all the little bibs / and nubs that drop / full of fragrance
and life / injected by the young / souls who play here / the birds / the bees / stay here and / gate-keep on the soft / supple bark / heavy / creaming with sap
the leaves nod / welcome / stay
I want to bottle / it up and spray it / all over / my corpse / it might / bring me back
guess I’m glad / we came here / I feel better
fly just tried / to crawl up my nose / time to go / home
inside now / and the / bad breath is back.
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