If silence were a scent it would smell like my mother

Because she doesn’t talk

She is dead

If silence were a scent it would smell like my native deodorant

Because it doesn’t talk either.

If silence were a scent it would smell like my bed because, contrary to popular belief, beds do not have mouths and cannot make noise.

If silence were a scent it would smell like cashmere and rain, because that’s what my native deodorant is called.