Its finally a warm day in Boston

I’m a product of my hometown, and we finally, finally have a Black woman mayor in this tired old city. I wrote this today, during Mayor Kim Janey’s innauguration. CW: reference to police brutality/state violence

image description: my dog, a brown and white pit bull wearing a purple harness, rainbow collor and black (city required) muzzle, nuzzles her head against a cone placed on some grass. Her butt is in the air in a play bow kind of position, and she is close to the curb, which has grass and small plants growing near it. Her eyes are closed and her front two paws are on the ground in a playful pose. Her red leash goes through the middle of the photo, because I had her leash in my hand when i took the picture.

I fall asleep mid-afternoon
My tired, injured brain
Once bled on state street
In front of city hall
And now i fall asleep mid-day and
dream in poetry fragments
With very few words
Though words were…