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Synesthetica, Part IV (Oderatus)

iv.  oderatus (smell)  
     
olfactory odyssey      
dusty pages  
worn thin from  
heavy thumbs,  
ink archaic    
traveling seductively      
from introduction  
to execution,    
my limbic pathways    
stretching -    
lazy felines finding    
cozy spots  
in front of      
plate-glass windows    
     
faint traces  
of worn leather  
that swallowed  
flourished script    
beckoning,    
transposing known  
with the unknown;  
storm clouds    
parting to bring    
destiny and fate    
together,    
star-crossed lovers      
entwined;    
and where, of course    
we have no say,    
bowing to their whims  
every one of us     
     
an almost    
undefinable      
floral incense    
exhaling softly    
above me,    
springing forth    
as maidens with      
daisies woven    
into long,  
wind-tossed hair  
reaching  
slender forearms    
bearing baskets    
of lavender      
as they walk    
serenely across    
to market,       
shyly making  
eye contact    
now and then;  
my cheeks warming  
luxuriously  
at the sun  
on their faces  
 
every inhalation  
rooting me  
to this heartbeat,  
a horse and carriage  
bridge   
between those    
happening       
-before    
-simultaneously    
-after    
this one,  
all colliding  
inside my mind;  
a dazzling display  
of fading purple gradient  
against starry skies      
     
my forehead  
prickling      
under the weight    
of all who stood here    
before me,  
the linens and cottons,    
smelling of lye soap    
and hard work ethic -  
the cherished and      
the forgotten,    
they all wail    
in anguish  
within this same set    
of footprints,    
wishing along with me    
for a second chance    
at living  
this moment,    
knowing all the      
same -    
there aren’t any        
Written by LunaGreyhawk
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Part 4 of 6; a work in progress
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