Such Fragrance

I really like this, for a few reasons, actually. For one, the smell of earth actually is really nice, although nobody I know shares that opinion. But I think there's a lot more to this. The way the people think badly of the earth, despite its fragrance, as you said, and more importantly, due to its great importance. The earth these people are looking down upon is in fact the source of life itself and something they are fully dependent upon. It's literally impossible to imagine a world without it. Yet dirt is considered, well, dirty and undesirable.

This can be applied to our culture and society as well. The people that we owe everything to('lower-class' people, minorities) are looked down upon by the very world they created. Despite their fragrance(here being their personalities, humanity, general goodness), they are mistreated and considered filthy and useless. In fact, we'd be nothing without them, just as the world would be nothing without the earth that nourishes.

And, like appreciation of the smell of earth, to appreciate the 'fragrance' of these people is seen as an eccentricity, when it should be the absolute opposite.

So that's why I like this. Imagery(which was awesome) aside, this makes me think, which is what I really look for in literature. You, in three lines, caused all those thoughts above, and many more, in my, and probably others' minds. Which is great.

(as a side note, please forgive me if this is kind of incoherent. I've been known to have that problem sometimes.)