Sense Memory

Sense memory - it isn’t fake.
Just look at Proust, he smelled a cake
and relived his whole life again.
A fancy cake, a madeleine
but even so, his dull book shows
the power of the humble nose.

The nose is a true time machine;
more vividly than things you’ve seen
a scent might jog your memory
and send you back in time to see
the moment when you smelled it last.
A vision of your stinky past.

Your chickens all come home to roost.
All you need’s a cake. Ask Proust.