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THEMIMOSATRE~
oneofthefourstoriesfoundInsideof
theAFRoPuLPnovel,
SCULPTUREDNAILSandNAPPYHAIR
ByLINCOLNPARK.
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AnissaAvetteTygers.
Myfirstandonlychild.Mybestfriend.Mycapacitytoloveinfullbloom,sotospeak.However,Ialways
compareherdeliverytothenightmarethatgirlhadinthefilm,
THEFLY(themodernversion).
Themanshelovedruinedamoleculartransportationexperimentandfusedhisownrudimentarystructurewiththatofaninconspicuousfly.Lateroninthefilm,thegirlgotpregnant;andinoneofherpre-nataldreams,shegavebirthtoasquiggling,monolithiclarva.Thistome,istheepitomeoftheexpression,
rudeawakening;
assherealizedthatthemanshelovedwasnolongerthatmanshelovedbutaninsect-incapableofemotionalreciprocationandundeservingofsuchagestureofloveasthenurturingofitsunbornchild."Okay,giveitabigPUSH,Maddi."Uptonow,thischildbirthstuffhadbeenabreeze."One,two,three,PUSH!PUSH,Madelyn!Forchrissakes,PUSH!"
Ishudderedinfrightwhenthedoctorliftedmyfuturefrommy
womb.Shewas
so
lovely!TheRight'Triangle.The360-DegreeCircle.The
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True
BlackHead
of
Hair.
Youknow,likethescientistssay,
Life-As-We-
Know-It.
HERFATHERDOESN'TLOVEYOU,saidavoice.SHE'SA
BASTARD,saidanotherone.Thedoctorletmetouchtheamnioticsacanddetachedumbilicalcordwhilethenursescleanedmygirlfriend
off.THEWORLDWILLBLOWUPANDSHEWILLDIE,saidthevoiceIheardearlier;HENEVERLOVEDYOUINTHEFIRSTPLACE.
Suddenly,thewallsofthedeliveryroomseemedtocloseinonme.Iscreamedandscreamed.Thelaborpainsweretearingmyhearttopieces.
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