Shel Graves' Sensorium

Shuri written by Nnedi Okorafor Cover art: Sam Spratt Taste:  blueberry pancakes with berry compote and coconut whip Sight:  sunrises Sound: dulce de leche Smell:  citrus and lemon peel Touch:  velvet jackets Extra:  in dream, a man in an all white suit; in life a man in a black velvet gown Grateful for: comic books and comic shops; haircuts

Taste: tomato soup, veggie chili Sight: snow fall Sound: howling — aroo, roo, roo; scraping Smell: menthol Touch: Mary Shelley's nose; Flint dog's ears; cat's paw Extra: future thinking -- submissions and nominations Grateful for: hot food, snow plows, volunteers, little dogs

Taste:  oat milk, peanut butter GoMacroBars, peanut butter cookies Sight:  icicles Sound:  shanked; scrunching Smell: camphor Touch: slippery, skidding, sliding' left eyelid twitching Extra: dogs slip too--jealous of four-legs; a dream of death and falling awakening as a ghost with golden light and Spanish music; mourning a beloved author Grateful for: the F-250; my Minne-snow-tean co-worker; salt

Taste: chocolate bean cheerios; oat milk Sight: snowfall; candlelight; Schindler's List cinematography - silver; phantom ghost canoe - a floating log Sound: geese; Don't Cry for Me Argentina Smell: patchouli incense Touch: my foot a goat's hoof; bat robe, bat blanket; swollen joints Extra:  undercooked; the drama of the nation; slowly becoming subspecies - aggressive and anti-social vs empathic and social; a short meteoric life --Eva Peron; "Words are the way in and the way out of things."; "You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves." — "Wild Geese," Mary Oliver Grateful for: warmth and weight; peace and comfort