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L'eau de la vie (The Water of Life)

Topped in decadent

Impermanence,

Fleeting, ephemeral truths

As to composition, weight,

Significance of aromas

Precision and remain

La clé du succès

 

And yet, Middling amongst these

Quantities of victory, the variable,

The individual, whose own mark

Shall define that meticulously crafted

Breeze of leaves, mosses, and tree bark

 

Based in such mutability, Shelley himself

Might wonder why it is

These artistes de parfum

Create as they do.

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Published
May 26, 2012
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