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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