Prophetic Suppositions
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We have to guess if prophets ever wore perfume.
They do not tell us if they did. Just where
They dabbed it (if they did), within the plume
Of pubic hair perhaps or armpit hair,
Or why they spread it there, we are not told.
If prophets stink, they must control the stench
But maybe they don’t fear that smells too bold
Will make the congregations gag and blench.
Let’s say the fragrances that seers wore
(If odors Sibyls used) upon their legs
Like Saint Sebastian’s girlie ones were more
