thebegats: “My daughter doesn’t have a father, or, she has two fathers, since I don&rsqu
thebegats: “My daughter doesn’t have a father, or, she has two fathers, since I don’t know which man her father is. One of her fathers says it’s like Schrödinger’s cat in there—right now, both men are fathers of hers at the same time. But when I’m cut open, or when I’m emptied, when she comes out of the box, only one man will be her father, and the other won’t be anything. The other father says, It’s like a Dutch auction. We’re crossing the highway by the river. It’s August now, I’m nine months pregnant, huge and round. When I walk on the sidewalk, my groins and my pubic bone hurt. I say, I don’t know what a Dutch auction is. I love both men painfully. Maybe if I’d been less sloppy, it would be less painful.” – Elizabeth Bachner’s wonderful “Gravity,” from the current issue of Hip Mama. (My goddaughter features in this essay, in utero and out!) -- source link
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