Shel Graves' Sensorium

Taste: strawberries, ataulfo mangoes Sight: a yellow tulip Sound: a pattering of rain; speaking in a foreign accent; "There's a tradition there that you are relating to, it's not as if you are suddenly waking up in the morning with an attack of psychosis and just start writing," — Joyce Carol Oates ; caw, caw, caw, caw, caw Touch: popcorn kernels, banana peel, mango skin Smell: a man's cologne; a woman's perfume; patchouli, vetiver , clove; patchouli soap; M&M's Extra: Reading books too young: Jaws , Sacajawea , Flowers in the Attic , Maia ; when she could barely walk through the mall; when she could not finish the bike ride; how she eats steak dinners to celebrate her birthday; the Mary Poppins doll in her felt blue coat with her bumbershoot and flowered hat and hair in a bun

Taste: papaya, mango tea Sight:   mist; scattered cherry blossom petals; daffodils, Mystic Mango Kombucha, orange sticky notes, a blood orange, honeygold grapefruit, a yellow card Sound: phantom squealing-electronics, stereo speakers, car-beneath the hood, windshield wipers Touch: pelted, rain running down my forehead; pinched feet in plastic shoes running downhill; shivering; a warm wood fire Smell: woodsmoke and rain Extra: Heroes: Ruth Heidrich -vegan, cancer survivor, triathlete