we go in the dark
motley little parade
she's not even awake
'are we sleeping?'
'you are'
mcdonald's
in the dead hours
the waiting room quality of light
salt and sticky
nothing smells
like night
and jasmine
Mairi Graham-Shaw
© 2013
Image links to it source on Wiki Commons
Cestrum nocturnum Blanco (Night-Booming Jasmine) from Flora de Filipinas by Francisco Manuel Blanco, circa 1880 – public domain
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