LilacsRainer Diana Hamilton In Lilacs, syringa vulgaris gives its name to a form of long poem that promotes sense memory. Here, we have one lilac for each of the senses, and a sixth for love, which synthesizes them all. 'I wanna ____ all my friends at once: how would you complete the lyric Arthur Russell wrote for Go Bang? In Rainer Diana Hamiltons hands, smell or touchor talk to, for Hamilton a near synonym for lovemight be more appropriate than Russells