DEMOCRACY

Democracy will not come Today, this year   Nor ever Through compromise and fear.

I have as much right As the other fellow has  To stand On my two feet And own the land.

I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.

Freedom      Is a strong seed      Planted      In a great need.

I live here, too.      I want freedom      Just as you. – Langston Hughes

A scent for community, for communal power, for collective justice; a fragrance of sustenance, comfort, resilience, justice, and the stubborn belief that sweetness belongs to the living, here and now. Crusty brown bread still warm from the oven, golden wheat, clover honey, sweet butter, oat milk, chamomile, and a soft breath of vanilla.

Proceeds from this scent, above the cost of manufacture, will be donated to the ACLU.

Image: Allegory of Justice Punishing Injustice, Jean-Marc Nattier