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Vocational Aspirations

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Jul 14, 2025
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When I was small and fairly new,

I thought I’d like to be

A chemical that you could taste

(A sweet one, probably).

But then I realized life as taste

Did not quite fit my will —

You cannot fly and float about

But tend to stay quite still.

And so I turned to scent, and boy!

Was that the right decision.

I float around all day, and thanks

To human imprecision,

I get mi…

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