errol miller
AND ALWAYS A SCHOLAR
Scents for the connoisseur
exclusively mine and yours in the corner
of a writer's vegetable market
Giorgio, the prince of floral leaf
and Anne and Sylvia and Emily
and other pastel poets on a prune-like shelf
whose boutique is it now
is New England real, for intrinsic value
we give our lives to curious
heavy parts of literature, like spoiled eggs
we hide inside shells emerging
only to appear unhealthy, there will be
no special introductory offer or annual sale
no one is coming back for us, Mozart
was never seen again the Grand Strand
off of Norway's coast has many vacant villas
sharing the quiet quality of their stay
with thick and glossy little magazines
just lying there aromatic
on the shelf.
