Found Fiction by Diane Williams: "A Dramatic Classic Leap"

(From her collection, It Was Like My Trying to Have A Tender-Hearted Nature, p59)

Most of my romances are like this, so that I must conclude my behavior produces the poor result.
I present my problem to nearly everyone I know well and there is no solution to my problem. They ask me, "How did that happen?" or they say, "This is not right." They want to talk to me about sex, what I should know about fortune-telling, how to think logically, how to improve my conversation.
I took to fluffing my speech with the details of the day, with some unrelated subjects about my health, my salary, with absolutely worthwhile questions on poetry and art.
I learnt that being partially helpful and light feels as if I am a dear, and, that whatever else I do I expel this.

RBS Lucky #13: Whim Tail

dung, a wee 'lil' hint of daisies and a _lot_ of saccharine Chantilly cream-flavored lollipops that seem to be placed at odd olfactory heights and distances around and across the room.

Oh, and really singed, almost bar-b-q flavor, baby mice hair.

RBS #12

Too much coffee in Little Ethiopia Coffee, frankincense and bile

RBS #11

At the Movies Dirty feet and buttered popcorn

RBS #10

There's a First Time for Everything Lube, latex, and denture cream

RBS #9

my ride to work
breast milk, grass, hay, horse dung, leather, rotten wood, weed, exhaust, taco, sewage, salt, rubber, steam, nylon

RBS #8

mlk jr. sweat, skin, cotton, cornbread, baton handle rubber, german shepard fur, fire hose water, tear gas, sunshine

RBS #7

My Second Mistress Chicken liver, carpet, and bong water.

RBS #6

Fire Over Los Angeles #1: Outside Burnt trees, smog, car fumes, camillias, fertilizer, honey, and pot smoke.

Fire Over Los Angeles #2: Inside Overloaded air conditioner, stale coffee, sweat, toast, hummus, and a touch of warm laptop cord.

RBS #5

Paris for Beginners Shoe rubber, wet dog shit and quiche lorraine

RBS #4

Morning tea in India Cinnamon, cloves, milk, cow dung and notes of a sun baked cotton shirt.

Rejected Brosius Scent 3

After The Hunt 1983 - stainless steel, elk's blood, fur, melted snow on concrete

(Just wanted to add that when he was at Demeter, he made Funeral Home - and I personally own CBIHatePerfume Wet Sheep.)

Rejected Brosius Scents 2

Burning the Virgin: inside a Mexican farmacia. Wax, scented candles, epazote, incense, linoleum, candy, and a hint of window cleaner.

(P.S.: actual Brosius accords not on the website but available at his shop include Men's Locker Room, Baby Butt, Cello Tape, Baseball Glove, and Roast Beef with Gravy.)

GAME: Rejected Christopher Brosius Perfume Ideas. I'll start.

In the Dentist's Office Bubble gum flouride, latex gloves, water and hints of manila folders.

Found poem: Megan on why, though she admires my hemorrhoid haiku, is saddened by how much of her life is poo-problem dominated

"I would rather not
have my life be about
the poetry of my bowels."