03/13/2021
Zerotonin
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We sit around the campfire. It is a spring evening and already dark; it is cool, but the fire warms. It is quiet, no one is talking. Lost in thought, we watch the flames stretch towards the sky. Someone has applied patchouli - I detect it now and then, ever so slightly and subliminally. Who it comes from, I can't tell. It's not my friend, he's wearing incense today.
He steps closer and hands me a large cup of black tea. He meant well and put 4 sticks of cinnamon in it right away. I take a sip. The taste of cinnamon fills my mouth, and its smell drowns out that of the burning wood. My friend sweetened it. Good, strong forest honey settles on my tongue.
It's getting colder. I move closer to the fire and press my hands to the cup. I want more of the smells that surround me.
After some time, the group slowly disperses. The Patchouli person has already left, and the fire is just an ember.
I put away the cup, which has been refilled a few more times, and we make our way home. Longingly, I look back.
In bed at night, just before falling asleep, I still have the taste of cinnamon in my mouth, the incense of my friend in my nose, and the smoke of the fire in my hair.
He steps closer and hands me a large cup of black tea. He meant well and put 4 sticks of cinnamon in it right away. I take a sip. The taste of cinnamon fills my mouth, and its smell drowns out that of the burning wood. My friend sweetened it. Good, strong forest honey settles on my tongue.
It's getting colder. I move closer to the fire and press my hands to the cup. I want more of the smells that surround me.
After some time, the group slowly disperses. The Patchouli person has already left, and the fire is just an ember.
I put away the cup, which has been refilled a few more times, and we make our way home. Longingly, I look back.
In bed at night, just before falling asleep, I still have the taste of cinnamon in my mouth, the incense of my friend in my nose, and the smoke of the fire in my hair.
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