Thankful for my black cat glowing brown in the pooled sun, the towering gingko tree branches waving like octopus arms in the wind, my wedding ring winking at me, cheeky, on my walk back to you, and the song of the azan unspooling from a taxi cab window, threading me home. About the Author Briana Naseer is a Pakistani-American school psychologist and poet living in Chicago, Illinois. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida, and a master’s degree in education and an education specialist degree from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Her debut poetry collection is entitled Rind.
June Afternoon
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