It's Still Life

The Anatomy of Scent

Eau de Evening in Paris.
That was the perfume
my mother’d wear.
Her best dress perfume.

I can’t recall its scent
but it’s lingering in me
with nursery rhymes
and bedtime stories.

Can a scent turn and turn
back childhood’s pages?

Written for Miz Quickly’s Day 7 “scents” and PA’s “health” ©Misky 2021 Shared with #apoemaday on Twitter