at night
my mother bathed me in a white tub
scrubbed me with white soap
rubbed me in a white towel
hugged and plugged me
into pajamas and the white sheets
an act so kind
so common
it barely even happened
Art credit: Detail from untitled photograph of Oliver, her third son, by Lana (originally color).
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