*** was the beginning when a baby became a whale, skin like diamonds and cotton candy. They left their son early, drank many colors and tasted the seven wonders, breathing slowly so as not to wake the gods.
Their potatoes turned to meat and tasted saltier than usual. Once at the bar, they drank nicotine with their eyelashes. God told them, "*******!" and they touched each other on the knee because abstinence from *** feels like cotton mouth.
They stole their child's heart because they needed a second chance, but they kept the body to feel less like aliens. They lost reality in words, unspoken or spoken. Their son listened through his eyes, regretful of his age and of the times.
They began to feel their actions more softly, taking deeper breaths and moving in slow motion. The thoughts made their skin heavier, their chins began to wrinkle, their touches became cold, and the only way to feel warm was to