Chanel Number 'Alive'

Chanel Number 'Alive'

A Poem by Pete
"

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere. - Thoreau

"
The Flowers that Make Chanel No. 5 ...

riding along on my bike yesterday
all of sudden as i passed by a certain house
was hit with the most beautiful fragrance
as if someone had spritzed a sea of perfume
causing me to take a breath as deep as the ocean
don't think i've ever breathed the scent of anything greater
surely, i thought to myself, you have to save some of this for later

can't imagine what was blooming in that yard
as for but a fleeting moment i dared to let down my guard
brought a smile to my face
made me feel glad to be alive
i'll have to go and sniff it out today
on the bicycle of my life, as i strive
and to think,
all that without having to go to paris for a bottle of chanel no. five



© 2025 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
"If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal — that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself." - Thoreau

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Pete
Pete

Boston, MA



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