Kelly Schrock — The Monarch Review

Safety Of Newborn Children – Kelly Schrock

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 13:26 — 1 Comment

“The Safety of Newborn children Law”, the screen says, “Offers parents a safe place to leave a newborn infant.” Confidentially. Without fear of punishment. She rubs the fading bruise on her shoulder. It’s turned yellow-green in the last week. Soon it will dissipate only into memory. Eventually it will fade even from that sinuous, shifting world. Replaced by something brighter, more immediate. The child tugs in her belly and stretches its tiny knees. Feet thump and run in her insides. She imagines a dimpled little toe poking through her belly button, a leg uncurling behind it, and a wet, tiny […]