The proof from her mouth

A couple of weeks ago in a bar

I was talking with a woman from Belarus

It was a noisy place and
at some point, I had to put my face close to her face to hear her words

And my nose sensed something from her mouth

I would not say
it was a bad smell, strong smell, nasty smell

There was simply a smell,
just like anything in this world

And I felt

"This is a human being. She is a human being. She is still alive"

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All living existence brings something unpleasant to the world

Yet, this is the proof of being alive

If we bring only pleasant things
to the world,
to the others

then

it is when
we are already dead, and
many years already pass, and
other people remember only the good things about us