Talcum Powder (Single Word Challenge)

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"Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains; another, a moonlit beach; a third, a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years. Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth."

Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses

Talcum Powder (Cinquin)

Grandmas
smelling so sweet
imprinting memories
from the time they were wee little
babies

2008 © Susan K Barton

This is posted in response to Tracey W.'s challenge at Poetry Please prompt for 3/9/08 - Powder. Join the group to join in the fun.

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