Chasing butterflies - excerpt
Mystery and Romance
“Rabid dog peeled it off and munched on the missing two.”
He glides his handicapped limb in front of my bemused blink-less eyes. Chillingly freak!
I remember dad’s afternoon talks. His politeness.
“Uhm, sorry. I didn’t mean…”
”’tis alright, lass. I was actually born this way. Mom’ grew insane and wanted me undone. Different times, expensive surgery and a lifetime of church-full Sunday mornings, here I am. She wanted to come sane, you know, but dad’s not patient.”
You’d say he’s proud if it. The three fingered man riding to nowhere next to me.
He glides his handicapped limb in front of my bemused blink-less eyes. Chillingly freak!
I remember dad’s afternoon talks. His politeness.
“Uhm, sorry. I didn’t mean…”
”’tis alright, lass. I was actually born this way. Mom’ grew insane and wanted me undone. Different times, expensive surgery and a lifetime of church-full Sunday mornings, here I am. She wanted to come sane, you know, but dad’s not patient.”
You’d say he’s proud if it. The three fingered man riding to nowhere next to me.
