So
She cleansed her taste buds
With
Her mother’s water
Her mother’s mint leaves
Her mother’s orange peel
And her mother’s cinnamon sticks
And
She exfoliated her complexion
With
Her mother’s Epson salts
Her mother’s lilac
Her mother’s Merlot
Her mother’s melanin
Her mother’s estrogen
And her mother’s coconut oil
And
As she drifted off to sleep
She heard her mother remind her
“You will never be alone”
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