Three mornings ago in the parking lot at the beach a man came up and asked me about how to get to the Rock. His wife stood near him, and I was slow to realize that she was causing me terrible pain in the eyes from her perfume. Once I realized, I dodged fast behind her so I could have her downwind, and got away, wetting fingers in my mouth to try to clean my eyes. Well, the left eye is still hurting and we have thrown out eye-drops after reading horror stories about their dangers. People don't realize that perfume can be a dangerous weapon. Maybe some people do.
"That truth should be silent I had almost forgot"--Enobarbus in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, back in Rome after having been too long in Egypt.--------- Melville's PIERRE, Book 4, chapter 5: "Something ever comes of all persistent inquiry; we are not so continually curious for nothing."
Monday, May 22, 2023
PERFUMES, ALLERGIES, AND EYE-DROPS
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