Marc Swan
Nasal Congestion
Randall P is fat
and smells like shit
spilling over
the green vinyl chair
in the lobby
where he waits
for his 63-year-old mother
to take him home
He stinks like shit, piss
and age
He’s only twenty-five
His mother has an odor
not shit or piss
She’s moldy
The dusty-with-age kind
you find in attics
Maybe her smeller
is too old to smell
Randall P
He can smell
He does smell
I don’t want to smell
Randall P
When he leaves
I smile
