Woman Who Smelled {of Paloma Picasso}

I would have followed your scent
to any deep dark place
where dangerous games are played
but you told me not

you had another man in mind

and whatever might have happened
stopped outside, became
subject to the air and sky
elements and survived

but lighter, less

in the mildness of the day
and whatever
might have happened
went away

away away

 Steven Taylor

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