Tobacco Fields

Tobacco fields are to North Carolina
as
corn fields are to Indiana

Or
as
Cotton fields are to Arizona

They are surprising to see
to
an
Arizona desert gal
from
Indiana.

I took a drive on Sunday afternoon
to record some of these fields

I opened the windows
to the damp, humid, almost raining
world

and I am sure that I smelled

a

sweet

and

bitter aroma.

It reminded me of the dreaded

but enticing

aroma

of

cigarettes.