I opened my eyes to my dining room.
My laptop, painted in cherry, sat on a crisp tablecloth.
No trash had found the table yet.
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She stood at the crossroads of
the sunny kitchen,
the cloudy family room,
and the crimson dining room.
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I backed away from my dead mother
who stared at me,
breathing with her eyes wide open.
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"Oh honey."
Her arms drooped slightly
while halos found her chocolate curls,
clinging to her head.
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Slowly, as all people do in dreams,
I walked.
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Then I ran.
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I wrapped my arms around her,
and clung to her silk and pearl nightgown.
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Her arms wrapped around me,
warm and dry for the first time
in five months.
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We wept,
and our smiles shook.
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