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Gasoline’s Smell is Beautiful

When asked what smell they like, most people name sweet flowers’ fragrance or aroma of fresh baking bread, but one smell has no fame, yet it is one I personally love. I still remember all so long ago when gas stations emitted quite a scent. I know not why today this isn’t so; one day away the gas station’s scent went. My dad would stop to fill our car with gas. I’d roll my window down to breathe it in. Deeply I’d inhale it. Sniff, sniff! Alas, the car got filled up fast to my chagrin. It even beats paint, glue and vaseline. How beautiful the smell of gasoline!

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Date: 8/7/2025 10:33:00 PM
LOL I like it too! hahaha
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Date: 8/7/2025 4:14:00 PM
Andrea, So nice to recall simple things in life we took for granted. I enjoyed how you pulled this poem straight from fond memories. I'm always on the lookout for new ones. -Richard
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/7/2025 8:07:00 PM
Thanks, Richard
Date: 8/7/2025 3:14:00 PM
I was the same! LOL
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/7/2025 8:08:00 PM
Ha. Hello there, fellow gas sniffer. Did you also eat the paste in kindergarten?
Date: 8/6/2025 1:44:00 PM
You're insane! In a good way. Love it! Very talented, original write.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/6/2025 5:24:00 PM
thanks, Joe. Insane in the brain
Date: 8/6/2025 9:33:00 AM
The smell of gasoline may seem pleasant but is very harmful in terms of neurological damage. Nice poem otherwise.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/6/2025 10:18:00 AM
I only smelled it in my childhood when dad went to gas station. I think what's really bad is to be a painter and constantly inhaling paint smell. I like that smell, but I believe painters can have damage from that, right?
Date: 8/6/2025 7:24:00 AM
This is oddly charming, Andrea! The mix of nostalgia, humor, and vivid sensory detail makes it really fun to read. That closing couplet wraps it up with a wink—quirky and memorable.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/6/2025 10:19:00 AM
thanks, I hope it was ok to do a smell instead of a "sight" thing. I honestly couldn't think of anything visual!

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