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Scents of Bermuda: Or, All De Smells That Accosted My Nose One Day When Ahs Ridin My Bike From My Momma’s House on Norf Shore To My House in Smif’s Parish vermillion nasturtiums barbecued meat mouldy brown loquat leaves salt sharp ocean spray rain rising from asphalt roads sweet bloated decay scent of two-day-old toad dried leaf scent of flat, two-week-old dead toad vomity, mangled scent of roadkill cat – length of time dead unknown crushed lemongrass overcooked tourist flesh sizzling in the noonday sun barnacled, rusted boats off Devonshire Dock my neighbour’s garbage ripped open by feral cats overpriced perfume – from Trimingham’s, I think ‘mountain fresh’ detergent scent of laundry drying on the line frying fish and sun-ripened fish guts Baygon and stale beer overripe cherries Limacol and sweat diesel fuel leaking from a moored motorboat smoky fire with just a hint of cedar more salty ocean spray the cool, slimy, harmless scent of three perfectly healthy toads sitting on my front porch cooling, oven-fresh banana bread and pawpaws… ripe to bursting Loquat: a small orangey-yellow fruit that grows wild in Bermuda Baygon: a potent insecticide used to kill giant flying roaches Limacol: a zesty scented toilet lotion used to refresh in the summer heat