Worm
“It seemed the world had always stunk like this. In the tight, crowded confines of her mind, she was unable to remember a world that was not flooded in bubbling black sludge. She stood there watching it, feeling it moving around her with tiny, sluggish currents.“Don’t worry, baby Jesse,” she said, “Mama will get you out of this. One way or another.”Weak from the loss of blood, she blinked away the dizziness that made her world pitch this way and that. She had to concentrate or she’d never get th...em out of this. Luckily, the baby didn’t weigh much.She moved forward, being very careful of where she placed her feet. It wouldn’t do to slip in the muck now.Sobbing, she clutched the baby tighter to her breast even though the agony of doing so sent white jolts of pain through her. But that was okay. The pain kept her conscious and kept her moving.She wondered if anyone was left in the neighborhood.She saw a few lights, but that didn’t mean anything.“Okay, Jesse, Mama’s going to keep walking until she gets us somewhere.”Kathleen didn’t know where that would be because so many of the houses on Pine Street were coming apart now.MoreLess
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