Street Magic

no card deck is required to shuffle people around a vendor's stand;
see, a merchant can mesmerize passer-by via sleight of scent alone;
any sorcerer of flavor worth his or her salt knows
how tightly noses hold the reins of the brain;

We like to think our choice of food is free of influence,
yet one whiff of a choice Thai curry can flip the script;
for aroma is a red cape that waves customers where it wishes
while a street vendor flips the cape as Matador of our senses.

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