Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for May 16, 2017

Haloed dung? So that’s the ring hovering above my dog’s poo.

I mainly need nostrils to breathe.

Haiku about king kong. Not me!

Does this smell funny to you?

The nose knows

what arose from the toes

is no rose.

Sinus surgery

When I was very little

Killed my sense of smell

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I can discern tastes

much to the surprise of most

I’ve adapted well

Sometimes, I trade my nostrils for a blow hole and go for a swim.

Halo of Flies: 1973 Alice Cooper single, from Killer, 1971.

The single was only released in the Netherlands, two years after the song appeared on the album.

The noise rock band Halo of Flies named themselves after this song.

Ultimately, you will lose yourself in becoming the world, and the world will survive.

I’m not sure if nostrils are requisite.

Butterflies are free, but you can get them dried and mounted for like, $18-$30.

You don’t need nostrils to taste the spirit. Snakes can taste spirit with their tongues. Humans have a space in their head dedicated to sensing the spirit. Not as much as dogs, of course, who can isolate individual compounds in a near-overwhelming spiritual assault. But then they lick their own back ends, too, so don’t be too impressed.

Nostrils Damn Us predicted this 500 years ago.

‘Do you need nostrils to be a success?’, you ask. Yeah, I guess. Who nose..?

You probably do not need nostrils to compose haiku reviews of (sporadic) King Kong movies. though I imagine they wouldn’t hurt. I am not sure about haloed dung, but if the dung were sufficiently dried the odor would be minimal at worst.

So, overall, while I would deem nostrils not mandatory as a work prerequisite, I should think you might like having them in order occasionally to stop and smell the roses, if that metaphor is not too worn and hackneyed. —Just my opinion, of course….

Smells like distilled teen spirits.

A big hairy ape

tried to wreak havoc on our

civilization.