Rain, pine trees in the mountians, lavender- preferably fresh- oranges, mangoes, blood oranges, curry, spices in general, cinnamon, more curry, coriander. . . did I mention spices in general? My mother's bran muffins, my sister's whole grain french bread, olive oil steeped with garlic and basil and other good things, my father's greenhouse. . . sandalwood, but it has to be real sandalwood. . . vanilla. . . sage in the desert. . . the right sort of dust. . . Australia. . . limes. . .
this all is making me hungry.
of these, vanilla is pretty much the only one that can ever be fake. . .
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And if I die before I learn to speak
will money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep