Fresh Air

a poem

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A Black woman, and her daughter, hold hands as they walk on a path at a park.
Photo by Barbara Olsen : https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-woman-and-a-young-girl-holding-hands-while-walking-7880632/

fresh air is a mother
welcoming you back home.
within moments,
you fall asleep on her couch
to the swan song of your life as is —
full-handed.
your last thoughts are if this track is by
louis, miles, or dizzy…

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Nia Simone McLeod
The Brain is a Noodle

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