Thank you baby for this wonderful poem and pics. I miss you too.

Inhale this college Town

By Ashley L.

Wake up
turn over
then look out the window.
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It all seems so normal now,
so normal to wake up and turn and look.
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So normal to get up and see.
So normal to stumble to the kitchen for coffee or tea.
Inhale.
Breathe in this college town.
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The silent sounds still everything.
No one is up in this part of the world.
No one is up in this college town.
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But it’s normal now.
So normal to stumble, tea, hear nothing.
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Wake, turn, window,
get up, see, tea, hear nothing.
Just breathe. And wait.
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Sit. Inhale.
Just sit and wait while hearing nothing
wait for those moments
when small breezes bring a whiff of home through this college town. .
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So normal now.
Sit, wait, inhale, hear nothing.
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And only in these moments
Does it hit your nose
those small breezes that bring a whiff of home through this college town.
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The humidity of desert storms
Mother’s vanilla that sweep off her hair
and the air that’s warm and not sweet.
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Sit and inhale.
Sit and inhale.
For those moments of wonderful smells.
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Sit, smell, wait.
Wait for those moments of home
that might eventually waft through this college town