The smell is sweet, ____________
with urine only a minor component, ____________
the prevalent odour suggesting the inside of someones ear. ____________
Dank clothes are there, too, ____________
wet wool and onions, which she eats raw, ____________
plus, what for me has always been the essence of poverty, ____________
damp newspaper. ____________
Miss Shepherds multi-flavoured aroma ____________
is masked by a liberal application of various talcum powders, ____________
with Yardleys Lavender always a favourite. ____________
And currently it is this genteel fragrance ____________
that dominates the second subject, ____________
as it were, in her odoriferous concerto. ____________
But as she goes, the original theme returns, ____________
her own primary odour now triumphantly restated ____________
and left hanging in the house long after she has departed. ____________
