mother always smiled fondlywhile reminiscing that my father was ordered out of delivery room for fainting his absence in my lifealways more profoundthan his fleeting presencedrugged by well-meaning doctors into fashionable unconsciousnessmy mother held no further memory of my birthclaiming she awoke feeling refreshedjust returned from a fabulous vacationmy delivery a fait accomplinurses assuring hermy […]

The Changeling – Christine E. Ray