WHAT HAS BEEN STIMULATING YOUR SENSES LATELY?

1. Hearing: What has been in your ear, on your Ipod, in your disc player?
- Chrisette Michele
- Ledisi
- Eric Roberson
- Frank McComb
- George Duke
- Jill Scott
- Phyllis Hyman
- Fertile Ground
- Noel Gourdin
- Sade
- Peabo Bryson (ALWAYS Peabo)

2. Seeing: What have you been reading?
- “This Fire Down in My Soul” - JD Mason
- “Reposition Yourself” - TD Jakes
- “The Marshall Plan for Writing Your Novel”
- “The Measure of a Man” - Sidney Poitier
- “The Plural Thing” by my friend Princess Dominique
- poetry by Pablo Neruda
- and a street lit book recommended by my friend “Traction”

3. Smelling: What is your favorite scent right now?
- Almond bath products (Carol’s Daughter)
- Pear Blossom (Bath & Body Works)
- Pleasure (Estee Lauder)

4. Tasting: What has been exciting your palate?
…a dream…oh, um…you meant…my bad…

- pineapples (my fave), strawberries, mangos, ice cold watermelon. Mojitos. Shrimp pasta salad. Spinach/strawberry salad with toasted pecans. Lemonade. Tea. Homemade ice cream. FavCus#1’s Mom’s homemade lemon layer cake which she only makes during the summer (Y-U-M-M-Y!). Water.

5. Feeling: What/Who has been touching you lately?
L-I-F-E
Dreaming with my eyes wide open
Silky, flirty, feminine fabrics
sunset…and candles
sunrise…and candles
candles (LOL)
CONNECTION
Hugs
Hearing my nieces/nephews laughing

…thinking…thoughts…

your energy
courting feminine flirty me into the light of day
lining my daydreams
coaxing my smile to play the staring game with the sun
my voice doing that thing that only happens with you
wrapping the goodness of this day, this moment around us
finding lodging and nourishment inside your hug
you…a cool, sexy ass cocktail
i sip slowly…
enjoying every tingle, every sensation
laughter tumbling recklessly from my lips
as i realize that life…
and you…
simply
tastes
like
some
more

COPYRIGHT ~ 2007 ~ Jackie Young