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Creative Writing

Poem: When You Smelled Of Sex

By Yash Raj Goswami

April 04, 2016

Last night you smelled of sex: hint of vodka,infused with a note of burnt tobacco (evoking burning memories), melding with your peculiar musk…

I felt cheaper than the cigarette you smoked, for it touched your lips when I couldn’t. Was it too dark for you to see me smoldering?

If only I could vapourize and fuse with that potent scent. If only I could condense into a tiny bead of sweat and cling to that tuft of chest-hair that stuck out from your shirt. If only I could dissolve in the darkness of last night when you smelled of sex.