![]() ![]() She found another man and together they made a little blond beauty they dressed in red velvet and paraded up and down the aisle at St. Split Lip was long gone, unable to bear the work Boneless required. ![]() She was scared of the tub, so to bathe her Split Lip covered the couch with a tarp and caught the runoff in a bucket. Mrs. Leo and I stood outside the window on cinder blocks, watching. ![]() She looked like a newborn colt, appendages folded in as she lay on the velour couch protected by guardrails. We were young, ignorant of mercy, and called her Boneless or Balled-Up Gumby for the way her limbs were twisted and useless. The first great act of love I ever witnessed was Split Lip bathing his handicapped daughter. Online Feature: “Isabelle” by George Saunders ![]()
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