ONE WORD: Incense (010816)

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joss sticks the best smell was the scent of curry the afternoon you asked me to marry you in the cheap indian motel in downtown paducah where every room was redolent of the meal the owners were cooking and i said yes i will yes the incense of curry is still the most erotic smell i know and when i walk into the spice store in downtown chicago 28 years later whilst they are assembling curry powder for a customer i am flooded with you and i am incensed that you died and left me here with all this long-time longing and nothing in season cardamon coriander fenugreek chili turmeric weak knees and all that scent scent scent and I think of Louise Gluck and "Mock Orange" and I cry out

Here's a little free writing from the fabulous oneword.com site.  I have almost no time to write, but that's no excuse.  I have 60 seconds, every day, to post and to return to later.

The photo is by STAR NEWS ONLINE, which also has a recipe for making your own curry powder.