June 27, 2014 · 11:42 pm
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what i smell tonight

 

 

what i smell tonight is invisible lilies, entwined in a bower somewhere above me in the dark mountain foliage. stargazers, probably : downy; cloved; drifting down from somewhere covetous, out of sight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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12 responses to “what i smell tonight”

  2. Katy
    June 27, 2014 at 11:46 pm

    You’re a closet lily lover! My stargazers are getting ready to bloom and I never met a lily I did not like!

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    • ginzaintherain
      June 27, 2014 at 11:52 pm

      I find them too much up close, but somewhere up in the dark where you can’t see them, the projection and throw is beguiling and smooth. I literally have no idea where they are. Where I live is basically a prehistoric forest that was cut into to make a residential area, and there is an absolute proliferation of flowers; jasmine, wisteria, now lilies. I have had a hard week. This is like an opening.

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  3. janeykate
    June 28, 2014 at 1:55 am

    Ah a proliferation of flowers, what could be nicer! I love lilies, at least any of the scented ones
    Jane x

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  4. brielle87
    June 28, 2014 at 2:14 am

    What a glorious way to commence the weekend. I love the delicious wafting of flowers in the distance. The scent of honeysuckle should be awaiting me soon, the neighbor has it somewhere on her property and it is lovely.

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  5. Renee Stout
    June 28, 2014 at 2:37 am

    Lilies are my favorite flower. Love serge Lutens Un LysI There’s nothing like a whiff of some beautiful flower on the wind. I have tuberose coming up now and can’t wait until they bloom.

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    • ginzaintherain
      June 28, 2014 at 3:07 am

      i would usually take a tuberose over a lily( not that they grow in japan), and yet tonight, no flower could have been better. it honestly felt like some kind of benevolent being calling me: spice, first, then flowers…..heaven.

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  6. Tora
    June 28, 2014 at 11:03 am

    i wish you were the person sitting by my bed, reading these lullabies….

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