And she laid there, hair tussled, skin gleaming sweat stretching her hair taught and darkened with the moisture, her breath wet, hot in the warm room breathing deep, slow, her baby now wrapped in a blanket, eyes closed, body blue and red slick glistens, quiet, dreaming of grandfathers, grandmothers people whos warm hands eased her baby to this new place, its mind still fresh of the place before and after,sleeping between its parents, fathers hand holding the crest of its mothers head, his other resting on her belly, sleeping, nuzzled, it can hear the breath of the new world, the heart beat of its mom from that place before, air and wetness, the three sleep, the transition to the new world brings them peace, they sleep, exhausted, dream with the wonderment of and.
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And she laid there, hair tussled, skin gleaming sweat stretching her hair taught and darkened with the moisture,
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