William Cook - Perfume: Capturing the Essence of City Life 🌆

i love <br />the smell of the city <br />the hustle-bustle brilliance <br />of life effective in every moment <br />sweet ambrosia of death <br />sits lurking <br />in the shadows of rancid alleyways <br />signposted with ciphers <br />symbols of strange forests <br />hieroglyphics of night’s construction <br />breathe in <br />the humanity <br />breathe out <br />the horror <br />the horror of concrete & steel <br />a flailing colossus <br />the smell of victory <br />over death <br />not too unlike <br />“the smell of napalm in the morning” <br />lingers <br />like perfume in the back of your throat<br /><br />William Cook<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/perfume/