How To
breathe, Megan, breathe
inhale the sweet scent of Spring
pollen catching on nosehairs
descending to lungs, alveoli
there it rests
builds
breathe, Megan, breathe
take in the smog of your city
the fumes of exhausts
carcinogens invading
the body’s sanctity
is lost
breathe the sweet in
with the sour
the pleasing in with
the displeasure
breathe, breathe
breathe until you have
no breath left
no will in your body to live
all life’s breaths escaping
in one long exhale
and know that
this
is how to breathe
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