Salt and Lime

Let's workshop this poem about the strange alchemy by which certain grotesque moments of bodily chaos—witnessed in public, laughed at until breathless—transform into stories that bind friends for life

scent of the day: Oud Rex (Chinese Exclusive), by Ensar

Flash notes, first wear»

Has a solid resemblance to Purple Orris Star Ghaliyah by Pinoy Sirun: deep purple over a rich tobacco-castoerum-oud trifecta that would make Ramsey go gaga—and this, for those who know Ramsay’s tastes, means that we are, like Ensar says in his writeup, getting something quite sophisticated (befitting a European aristocrat) while not getting the overt animalics or exotic spices that make Prin so repugnant to him. / Ensar lists no Iris here but it has to be contributing to the purple element/ Its impression is more rooty here—no over cosmetic associations like in the Pinoy. / while there is a phenolic element because of the castoreum and oud, I find that the phenolic element of the Pinoy is more pronounced whereas a cheesy oud (there in nose dives) is more pronounced in the Ensar. /

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Salt and Lime

Wasted on the sidewalk
as a midget toddlers by—who,
even the tragicomedy himself,

could fault that gaggle of rape bait,
farting tomorrow’s tequila-taco regret
as they piss

cow streams over stilettos,
for snorting in suffocation
over a punchline forever to tell? 

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