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When I Wore The Perfume Of Your Sins

Oud— your signature musk I remember.
Warmth and grounded, tame and woody,
Steep memories of wishes I'll never gather— 
Cold cruel sillage, bright woodland, yours.

If— I adorn your musk I dismember.
Heavy and cold, wild and leaded,
Cruel words define the sins you waver
Bright stinging scent, damp crumbled, yours.

I never asked to adorn the scent of your sins
Yet, I got a dream— it wasn't what I wanted.

— Tears, sobbing, salty and heavy.

Low, evil— distinctly you

Copyright © Steve Hendrickson | Year Posted 2025

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