Spring Break afternoon and
my kids and I are at home at an odd time
of day for us and rather than do anything
we lay down on the big king size bed
cuddled around each other and fall asleep
we don’t do this anymore
they are 7 and 9
above such things as cuddling with their mother
on a tuesday afternoon
i wake up and see that they are nestled into
either side of me
I breathe in their heads of hair
i smell their days, their interests
instead of baby’s breath
instead of beginnings
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