Winter Green

[woofmarkthedog]

Ted Max Wrote:

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> A mother hands her baby pieces of biscuit that

> small, stiffening fingers are unable to hold onto.

>

>

> ?Do you,? she says, ?Do you really? I never meant

> any of this.? The blue-cheeked child watches the

> light on his mother?s phone go on, go off, go on,

> go off - and smiles an unnoticed smile.

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Ted

Is the child alive at this point ?

It's the "stiff finger & blue cheeks" bit that's spooky

Is his smile, really a fixed grin ?

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