Love Poem: The Nose Knows
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Written by: John Lawless

The Nose Knows

The nose knows

A sight to make tired eyes blink
Skunks walking away from another’s stink

A simple fact not known too well
With one end they stink, the other they smell

A simpler fact that not everyone knows
One end’s the tail the other the nose

The stink they exude
Can be sexy, or rude

A scent that says buddy, I’m ovulating
The difference between just dating….or mating

So, if you inhale a whiff of their scent
Be sure to assess for whom it was meant

For they do not have the blue lit I-phones
They simply respond to unfurled pheromones

though they lack the talent to warble and croon
they do have the scent to make others swoon

while leaving a trail of their pungent perfume
they make quite an entrance when leaving a room.




John G. Lawless
©7/27/2021