0 Senses and Sensibility

Did you see it?
Did you see that spill of sun-yellow through the window,
Splashing a warm-lemonade glow over the cat?

Did you hear it?
Did you hear that pulse of bone-rattling bass down the street,
Pounding from the car a half-block away?

Did you smell it?
Did you smell that almost-burnt wisp of childhood that brought
Memories of Dad’s famous waffles?

Did you taste it?
Did you taste that first-date hint of basil from the restaurant
Where parking meters have replaced wobbly chairs?

Did you feel it?
Did you feel that not-shaved scratchiness
Of the tucked-into-bed goodnight kiss?

Yeah.

--Terrance M., 61