i smelt the rain last night. slowly my senses were filled with the smell of wet earth, that smell that makes you think of animals and the colour green and heat and raw life. that heady fragrance was the only thing i could feel, as if all my other senses had been temporarily suspended. then i woke up to a hot and clear night and it wasn't there anymore. i could see the stars.
i smelt the fresh linen, old books, two jasmine buds and dried ink smell of a leaky ball point pen. i looked at the stars some more and fell asleep again.