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Normal: A Surgical Lovesong
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[5] N O R M A L : A S U RG I C A L L OV E S O N G The lamp’s frayed cord. Wet skin. The shock enough to knock the baby out and blow a fuse. Where did she go? Was there a bear or owl to guide? An arrow to annihilate? The mother smears lard on rye bread. Sprinkles it with sugar. The two oldest siblings sail records a half inch thick from the attic. The father, drunk, snores loudly on the couch. King, his vicious German Shepherd, lies pagan and alert at his stocking feet. The baby finds her thumb. Her eyelids flutter. She drifts within reach. ...