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Tuesday 30 March 2021

Fuchsias or Freesias (Scream Not Heard)

Now can I get you to smell this stuff
And if so how

Burnt Skin
Roast on human spits
Smoked over oil flamed leaves

Diesel or Gas
Exhausted 
Float off before the fall

Thin return
In early winter
Eerie atmosphere

How can I get you to smell this stuff
Would it be easier if it were your mother

Kick, crunch underfoot 
Stand erect, breathe slow 
Remember 

No more white berries
My Edwardian friend
Down Broadway’s broad walks

Each different house
Today expect the bay
A front room for the dead to lay

How can I get you to smell this stuff
Would it be easier if it were your failure

Missed it
Must not able to afford
Explain to them

The aroma