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Soothing Rhythms
Anxiety traded for tempo.
Anxiety in New Orleans learns to dance or leave. Mardi Gras rhythm files it elsewhere. Jazz in the French Quarter offers a slower pulse the nervous system can borrow.
Peace is not silence here. It is syncopation — worry losing the downbeat to somebody else’s solo.
Café chicory is medicine. Poets tell the truth with cream in it. Garden District shade does not erase the bill. It postpones collection.
The pulse still soothes after the cup empties.
JV · Dark Heart Labs