nasal nostalgia

some sweet succulent smell reminds of long ago

reminds of better times

(apple orchard, college dorm, time spent stuck inside on a snowy evening)

reminds of beloved people now long gone (gf, bf, random 1ns)

reminds of the moments that make our hearts race

(1^st kiss, 1^st time on stage, 1^st  walk in a foreign country)

reminds of the ways in which the human body can

flip (into foreplay),

twirl (heating up),

pulsate (geyser bâclée) &

convulse with pleasure

(reverberations throughout) &

snnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnifffffffffffffffffffffff

breathing in

snnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnifffffffffffffffffffffff

breathing in again---

there are smells which tell of times spent with family members

which may no longer be with us

that make the gut wrench in pain &

the heart ache

when they return unwanted

(due to the interruption of our lives, invasive return) &

this is why two people can smell the same thing

with a completely different tone in the

reception of the following situation---

we fall in love with our smells &

we run from them, but alas,

unlike the sights & sounds that accompany our memories,

they take the longest to fade---

it is even said that mothers can recognize their biological young by

their smell,

though how nostalgic that can be,

one wonders.