there's a smell in the air that doesn't mean anything

paired with a blank expression that has an emptiness to it that exposes the bleak present "That's All Folks" that undertones the moment-to-moment even when the thing just started

A primal thoughtless state of being that once would've had meaning and enjoyed even, now, lacking

This smell

Possibly couldwould go away if breathing only through the mouth

But them it would find a way to be tasted with every breath

And holding it in for a moment of sensory peace would be the only respite when avoiding the source for why

sure you could hold the breath at an exhale to further keep it all

the smell

Away

from there though the only place to go is either bringing it back into you and allowing it to further taint the air the lungs the mouth the nose the senses you can morph thoughts into

Or

die (God willing you have the willpower & mental fortitude)

to prove

What