Olfactory

electrodes in the salmons’
olfactory bulbs
fire
when the olfactory epithelium
senses spawning ground
water

we all stink he says
picks up a plug
you after plastic fish?
you got the hook
all wrong he
bends the eagleclaw
off centre

it’s the smell he says
smokers get less fish
some people pick up a
spoon you may as well
toss it over
that’s how them salmon
make it all the way to
Japan & back
natural
oil on your hands
smells
more on some guys
than others

white guys
stink more than us

I always rub my bare
hands all over the first
fish

gimme another beer and
I’ll rub my hands
all over your
gear

:: Kevin Roberts, in Going for Coffee (1981)