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my chapbook

Hang On Me: " I cannot stop the aeroplane from crashin' / And we circle down from the sky / Yeah, so hang on me" Angel's Share On The Rocks by By Kilian (cognac, ice, aldehydes, clean soapy sheets but a bottle of alcohol dripping at the corner of the bed)

Pills: "I spent a year suspended in air / My mind on the gap, my head on the stairs / From healers to dealers and then back again" Baccarat Rouge 540 by Maison Francis Kurkdjian (amberwood, cedar, a nosebleed)

Masseduction: "Black saint, sinner lady / Playin' knockoff soul / A punk rock romantic / Slumped on the kitchen floor" Gasolin by Rammstein (burnt matches, asphalt, gasoline) layered over Dandelion by Demeter Fragrance (for letting go in peace)

Sugarboy: "Sugarboy, I'm in need / How I wish for somethin' sweet" The Lover's Tale by Francesca Bianchi  (overwhelming leather, rose, needy honey)

Los Ageless: "How can anybody have you and lose you?" Seville a l'Aube by L'Artisan Parfumeur (loud, tobacco, lavender, full and deep)

Happy Birthday, Johnny: "Since we last spoke, you live on the street / Yeah, I wouldn't believe all the shit that you've seen" Dzing! marki L'Artisan Parfumeur (getting off the circus of life, decaying birthday cake, leather, musk)

Savior: " But I keep you on your best behavior / Honey, I can't be your savior / Love you to the grave and farther / Honey, I am not your martyr / But then you say, Please" Gucci Guilty Absolute by Gucci (leathery seats of a car, patchouli, vetiver)

New York: "New York isn't New York without you, love" Covet by Sarah Jessica Parker (unusual, strange, lonely, chocolate, limes, lavender)

Fear The Future: "When the Earth split in two / I was I, you were you" Vaporocindro by January Scent Project (lilacs, cigarette buds, alleyways, coffee)

Young Lover: "Young lover, I wish that I was your drug" The Ghost In The Shell by Etat Libre d'Orange  (needy yuzu, helpless acetate, milk and skin)

Slow Disco: "Slip my hand from your hand / Leave you dancing with a ghost" Essence Of Poland by Wilhelm Perfume (rubber, blood, lipstick, driving away with the taste of their lipstick still sticking)

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