The Wild Road (2012)
“Thick and black, her hair fell to mid-back. Daily, Demon washed her own hair with a soapy substance pressed from a root. It mattered to her that her hair be clean and glossy.
She was naked. The creek/stream/river—today it was a creek—provided water for regular bathing. Each morning she slipped from loose leather leggings and black hide jacket, anticipating the sensation of water running over her flesh—so sensuous, so blissful—cleaning impurities from her body. Now she sat upon the creek ban...k with wings spread, drying in the suns. She had placed the baby in the curl of a root atop the soil, well wrapped against chilling. She had been restless all night, the baby, assuaged by neither sustenance nor clean, dry clouts. By dawn, Demon realized what the matter was. A tooth had erupted from the baby’s upper gum. Now the child slept, after an application of numbing herbs.
Vague memory told Demon it was too early for teeth.
She lay back upon the bank, flattening wings beneath her so as not to harm them, to avoid cramps or crimping.MoreLess
She was naked. The creek/stream/river—today it was a creek—provided water for regular bathing. Each morning she slipped from loose leather leggings and black hide jacket, anticipating the sensation of water running over her flesh—so sensuous, so blissful—cleaning impurities from her body. Now she sat upon the creek ban...k with wings spread, drying in the suns. She had placed the baby in the curl of a root atop the soil, well wrapped against chilling. She had been restless all night, the baby, assuaged by neither sustenance nor clean, dry clouts. By dawn, Demon realized what the matter was. A tooth had erupted from the baby’s upper gum. Now the child slept, after an application of numbing herbs.
Vague memory told Demon it was too early for teeth.
She lay back upon the bank, flattening wings beneath her so as not to harm them, to avoid cramps or crimping.MoreLess
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