sidebar: the scent of '72

the back of the deuce and a half

smells like rust and pasture.

and beech trees. chimney smoke.

pig shit sprayed on fields.

soldiers' zigaretten.

and boot polish.

corporal johnson's hangover

JP-4 jet fuel burning

in the missile system

power station.

hashish. a urinal

with a goldfish.

weiner schnitzel

frying at the roadhouse

carnations in

the plaza.

pomme frites

mit senf.

kaffee.

snow.

which smelled like footsteps

in the silence of the pines.