There was a smell that used to linger

                        here

but now hiding

      from me.

I thought I saw this smell’s shadow walking across my floor

                           moving slowly

                                     like a breeze on leaves

                                        the one you miss when it is time to come inside

                      and sleep.

It sits with me on the couch

         I keep the windows closed so it cant escape

                         or fly away from me

                              like it has done in the past

I take it with me when I leave

        it sleeps in the back of my nose

                   waiting to escape

    but I wont let it.

Not again.

         Never.

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