The clerk smiled as she saw the same nut pick up a personal size grocery basket and head down aisle two
Petugas kasir itu tersenyum saat melihat pria aneh yang sama mengambil keranjang belanja kecil dan menuju ke lorong dua

She smiled because periodically this guy would return with a basket full of glade lock and hold room freshener and deodorizer
Dia tersenyum karena secara berkala pria ini akan kembali dengan keranjang penuh penyegar ruangan dan pengharum yang bisa dikunci dan ditahan

It's a deodorizer that works on the same principle as a bug bomb
Ini adalah pengharum yang bekerja dengan prinsip yang sama seperti bom serangga

Simply push down on the button and it fills the room with a scented fog
Cukup tekan tombolnya dan ruangan akan dipenuhi kabut beraroma

The man would buy only about five or six cans at a time
Pria itu biasanya membeli sekitar lima atau enam kaleng sekaligus

He'd been coming in for about five weeks now
Dia sudah datang ke sini selama sekitar lima minggu

Sometimes he would come in twice a week
Kadang-kadang dia datang dua kali seminggu

He seemed like a normal guy
Dia terlihat seperti orang biasa

He was kind of balding in his mid thirties wearing a black leather jacket
Dia agak botak di usia tiga puluhan, mengenakan jaket kulit hitam

And he was always so damn dusty something soft about his features
Dan dia selalu sangat berdebu, ada sesuatu yang lembut tentang fitur wajahnya

It looked like it was makeup but it was just dust
Sepertinya itu makeup, tapi sebenarnya hanya debu

He paid with a twenty and said thank you and left
Dia membayar dengan uang dua puluh dan mengucapkan terima kasih sebelum pergi

When the man returned home he took the glade from the worthless little plastic sack
Ketika pria itu pulang, dia mengeluarkan pengharum dari kantong plastik kecil yang tidak berguna

He placed one on the rug, one on the end table, one on the window sill, one under the tv, and one on the air conditioner
Dia meletakkan satu di atas karpet, satu di meja samping, satu di ambang jendela, satu di bawah TV, dan satu di AC

This might seem unusual except for the fact that his entire apartment was just filled with them
Ini mungkin terdengar aneh, kecuali kenyataan bahwa seluruh apartemennya dipenuhi dengan barang-barang itu

Every room on every surface
Setiap ruangan di setiap permukaan

He figured he had about sixty of them in all--each one's nozzle poised at the ready
Dia memperkirakan ada sekitar enam puluh di antaranya—setiap noselnya siap digunakan

He sighed and opened a beer
Dia menghela napas dan membuka bir

He started to push down the lock and hold buttons on the canisters
Dia mulai menekan tombol kunci dan tahan pada kaleng-kaleng itu

Slowly filling the room, working his way from the dining room into the den
Dengan perlahan mengisi ruangan, bergerak dari ruang makan ke ruang keluarga

Each room filling with a multiscented fog
Setiap ruangan dipenuhi kabut beraroma campuran

Desert bloom, evergreen, misty rose, fresh lemon, regular and unscented, potpourri, wild oak, petulia, ocean mist,
Bunga gurun, pohon hijau, mawar berkabut, lemon segar, yang biasa dan tanpa aroma, potpourri, pohon ek liar, petunia, kabut laut,

Musk, hazel wood, irish nights, sandal wood, rain forest, country kitchen, natural prevention?, orange blossom, indian summer, and holiday candle
Musk, kayu hazel, malam Irlandia, kayu cendana, hutan hujan, dapur pedesaan, pencegahan alami?, bunga jeruk, musim panas India, dan lilin liburan

Calmly he sat on the couch, spilt his beer, and closed his eyes
Dengan tenang dia duduk di sofa, menumpahkan birnya, dan menutup matanya