Your mother’s perfume

Poem number 5 in the ongoing ‘Poem Starters and Creative Writing Ideas’ https://www.creative-writing-now.com/poem-starters.html

Ah, those top notes; citrus, lavender
She was a fine woman alright
brutish with a piece of beef
an expert with a colander

And those heart notes; cinnamon, jasmine
They followed her
from room to room
existing there, unyielding

For the base notes; vanilla, musk
Yes, yes and yes
I loved your mother’s perfume
on her neck, on the veranda, just before dusk.

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