How can angels do their jobs
to comfort a stink-sodden nose,
or agree to fragrance of a rose?
For after all the reverent hype,
they have no sense of smell.
In duty to God,
and love of humans,
they smell in emulation,
then grimace
or exert a smile
at odors they imagine.
Not so different after all
from worshiping God
with no accompanying Spirit,
no way to feel His presence.