Mystery Odor

Mystery Odor
By Larry Linville

I spend much time in my study.
It’s a family room as well.
It’s right next to the basement
And I’ve sensed a musty smell.

I’ve tried to find where it comes from.
Perhaps from this rainy spring.
I’ve checked everything in that basement
And I haven’t found a stinkin’ thing.

Then I started to smell it
Away from the basement below.
My nose captures that essence
No matter where I go.

I think I have solved the old problem.
I think I know what to say.
It comes from that new deodorant
That I spray on every day.

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