ice cream wafer cones and vanilla

the air is thick and hot 

the smell of ice cream wafer cones 

and vanilla

swirling in the sky

"it smells like your perfume"

it smells like my perfume 

uncomplicated 

unsophisticated 

earnest 

and fun

i always 

want

to be

i always want 

to hear

i always want

to know

now 

the sun 

smiles in the sky

ten times more a week 

than ten weeks ago

and i'll take 

an earphone out

i'll abandon 

spotify 

and the tiny wall of sound

that kisses my eardrum 

to hear how it sounds 

just around me 

bike bells 

and birds 

and student picnics

cheers-ing

beer bottle

glasses clink

and lovers kiss

i awaken 

from a year 

so dark

and 

warm my shoulders