Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
i <br /> V� Lca,vto,& S'i�'��u <br /> i <br /> Napalm Butterflies <br /> In the picture,his lips are upturned in a weird grin-playing the role of the "proud papa." <br /> His arm is around me, fingers digging in to nay side,pulling me close even as I tilt my body <br /> i <br /> away. His other hand is over my wrist, the one that holds our newborn's head steady for the <br /> photo. <br /> My expression is frozen. I am hollow-eyed and gaunt. My face is angled away,the <br /> tendons in my neck taut, but my eyes softly pleading into the lens. I was trying to do what they <br /> told me to- to smile, "just smile- aren't you happy?"My newly deflated turniny is bare, <br /> vulnerable, beneath an ill-fitting tank top.I can not smile. <br /> I <br /> E <br /> i <br /> i <br /> i <br /> k / <br /> s <br /> _ F✓° _. ��"' �.<+"`...„�,s�;�r - c'a p s , " 'ter'-.r s_, <br /> µ � � <br /> 1 <br />