1

bats in twilight
cat paws
spearmint

1

the smell of cinnamon and milk
freshly cooked rice
guttering candle flames

1

Julien Schnabel
freckles on eyelids
touch

1

dried basil leaves in windows
avocado
loose wool

1

jade set in silver
smell of sumi ink

1

henry fonda's blue eyes

1

acrylic paint under fingernails

1

gray's anatomy's yellowed pages
bottles of liquid sitting in windows
anise oil

1

clay made to move
cheeks red from cold
fingerprints in dust

9

mesquite smoke
mulled cider in paper cups
crabapple blossoms

8

locust tree bark
old fermenting apples under a thin layer of snow
catharsis
moth wing dust

7

dried ginger
powdered milk
unlit beeswax candles
anise seed

6

talcum powder on pale skin
whole dark roast coffee beans in burlap sacks
the smell of developer

5

ozone snapping out of lightning filled skies
rust
calla lilies curved and silent

4

raw chocolate
long-empty cigar boxes coated in thin layers of dust
damp feathers
wet silk
wasabi powder
thick sumi ink strokes on rice paper

3

tempera paint powder - all colors
oil-based wood stain
cured tobacco hanging in windows
peppermint leaves crushed between fingers
lighter fluid just before ignition

2

sun-dried grass
orange peels
parchment
half-cured plaster of paris

1

the smell of an extinguished match
un-developed, exposed film

1

Glen Gould
toy pianos
hot water

1

softly cooing pigeons in the eaves
luminescent pearls
amaryllis blooming in a snow-covered window

1

alpaca yarn in vibrant blue
reinaldo arenas
thick black scrawling script

1

the tingle of warmth meeting cold skin
fat quails disappearing into blue sky with a flash of white and a whistle
the inimitable black of film