A smile like an upside-down triangle
With squinty, shiny, happy eyes above it.
Drool.
Rivulets of milky-white saliva
Thickly accentuating the joy of the moment and helplessness.
Balding.
Thick, dark hair is history
Falls out during sleep leaving a stringy path on pillows...or in bathtubs.
Incontinent.
Too much liquid and runny food
Makes bladder and intestines drain into cotton-like, material supplements.
Demanding.
Wants comfort or left alone, stimulation or quiet
Anyone's guess is as good as another.
Sleepy.
Needs naps at intervals every day
A path to justify crankiness whenever deprived.
Endings and beginnings of life are similar.
Toothless, drooly, balding, incontinent, demanding, sleepy Breighlynn. But she is my treasure.
i thought for sure this was about YOUR child, the description fits.
ReplyDeletesorry i didn't get the chance to see you while you visited the states, i ended up making a terrible mistake, thinking it would be fun to drive to Colorado... (three varicose veins and 1,000,000 dead brain cells later) i've concluded it was a RASH decision to sit in a truck so long. I suppose most cultures have their 'right of passage' into adulthood, even schizophrenia.
this must be the toothless, drooly, balding, incontinent, demanding, sleepy Breighlynn.
congratulations?
and of course, hugs.
-byro
Aaah, precious!
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