dead before Goro was ten. the method and whether he found you...
(catcalls and cursing and nights spent dirty)
...deep breath in. Deep breath out.
(nothing about the pit in her stomach that seeing the test opened could've prepared her for the hunger that would scrape it clean and call it home for years)
Deep breath in. Deep breath out.
(then, the sun rises and the cloud cover breaks -- no, she hauls the sun up and breaks the clouds herself. she fights back the tidal wave in the only kimono she has and somehow, she wins. it's not the belief in herself but the disbelief in her son's eyes when she buys them good groceries that makes the world turn again.)
"You...could say I had a massive change of fortune compared to the norm, then."
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dead before Goro was ten. the method and whether he found you...
(catcalls and cursing and nights spent dirty)
...deep breath in. Deep breath out.
(nothing about the pit in her stomach that seeing the test opened could've prepared her for the hunger that would scrape it clean and call it home for years)
Deep breath in. Deep breath out.
(then, the sun rises and the cloud cover breaks -- no, she hauls the sun up and breaks the clouds herself. she fights back the tidal wave in the only kimono she has and somehow, she wins. it's not the belief in herself but the disbelief in her son's eyes when she buys them good groceries that makes the world turn again.)
"You...could say I had a massive change of fortune compared to the norm, then."