The Commune Black Diamond Ring Size:9 We sat on the Congress

We sat on the Congress Avenue bridge and watched the bats

in a peach-colored box

she can travel anywhere she wants to belong

connecting us to each other

with brass mounting hardware included

The Commune Black Diamond Ring Size:9 We sat on the CongressWe ate dinner at The Source Family Restaurant, surrounded by pomegranate trees festive with fruit, marveling at the statues, the terraced pools full of opalescent water, moonflower vines criss crossing low ceilings and disappearing into our hair, loose, spilling over bare shoulders. Our dresses were miles long, a swirling kaleidoscope of calico, and in their ruffled softness, we heard a poem, a song about love, a love letter about being free. Black