from my fingertips emanating,
wafting, waving, farewell,
overseas bound, many lines of
demarcation to cross,
I am now acquiring, acquainted,
e~spiced,
by your geo~locality,
feeling the acquired
cumin, coriander, turmeric, mustard seeds, and cardamon,
ah, cardamon!
upon us
thus my arrival, disguised,
and you sweet~puzzler
inquire of the clouds,
what is this vaguely, and yet, too familiar,
crisscrossed scent, tantalizing but
a strangely~familiar unknown?
and you reply to yourself,
thinking twice,
examining your heart,
unleashing with eyes closed
the
lashing aroma scented vision of notes,
that penetrate the
skin pores
and you say:
ah ha!
that name,
that. name.
I am that spice,
knowing that name,
I am
so named….
Feb 23
Feb 23, 2026 at 12:10 PM UTC
from my fingertips emanating,
wafting, waving, farewell,
overseas bound, many lines of
demarcation to cross,
I am now acquiring, acquainted,
e~spiced,
by your geo~locality,
feeling the acquired
cumin, coriander, turmeric, mustard seeds, and cardamon,
ah, cardamon!
upon us
thus my arrival, disguised,
and you sweet~puzzler
inquire of the clouds,
what is this vaguely, and yet, too familiar,
crisscrossed scent, tantalizing but
a strangely~familiar unknown?
and you reply to yourself,
thinking twice,
examining your heart,
unleashing with eyes closed
the
lashing aroma scented vision of notes,
that penetrate the
skin pores
and you say:
ah ha!
that name,
that. name.
I am that spice,
knowing that name,
I am
so named….
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