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a closer sniff

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At first

Shiso leaf · climbing vines

Heart

As it settles

Melon · coriander

Base

What lingers

Powdered makeup · eyeball

the bit you might not know

Behind the scent

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Face powder collects in the corners of her mouth as she chews a bite of watermelon, freshly cooled in a well—too crunchy. It sounds too cold and crunchy. When her lips part, an eye peeks out, glancing to each side in sync with the two on her face. The sound effects are impossible to ignore. It must be a half-asleep fantasy, you know, but you feel baked into the late-summer soil, unable to jolt yourself out of this lucid dream, tethered to the ground by warped strands of herbal leaves and a sinking feeling.