those people, with their smell
and they tell us we can't even
dwell on what stinks any more
can't even open our mouths
because we might smell, too
or too much, it's all too much
and we're tired of the stink
but don't even really know
what smell is supposed to mean
they use that word, smell
as if we're the ones with odor
their noses aren't any better
and we know, what smells better
this smell you can't wash off
we bathe, we scrub, our fragrance
isn't a smell.
we won't smell, we'll fight smell
they can go to hell
those people with their smell
[4/6 National Poetry Month poem #6]