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on scent
scent indicates familiarity; it’s always there but doesn’t really mean anything until it means something,
and now its not just brownies cooking, but ours over stifled giggles at two am
and now its not just a car exhaust, but yours singing songs into a sunset
and then, years later, you catch a whiff
and your head turns, inevitably, because it would be worse than shame, to miss something you love
and maybe a part of you wants you to be happy
and when you lose that forever maybe you’ll seek it in a bottle, or save it in fabric, or even try to rediscover it in the recesses of your mind,
but scent is uniquely reserved for the here and now,
and i will never live this moment again, but
maybe i will catch a whiff of it on the breeze
and my head will turn ever so slightly,
and i will remember oh, how i loved you so.