Brazzaville

Near a star called Sun
It was there that my mom came undone
Sounds of a summer parade
90.5 in the shade
She drifted off on the 4th of July
A holiday look in her eyes
Said goodbye to a lifetime of pain
She died in a mid-summer rain
She said
There's one million stars
For every little grain of sand down there
She floated up like a rocket in space
The misery gone from her face
Flying through comets and stars
Out past the canyons on Mars