“She wanted to eat my heart and be lost in the desert with what she'd done, she wanted to fall on her knees and give birth from it, she wanted to hurt me as only a child can be hurt by its mother.” GivingHeartChildrenDoneWantedMotherFallLostHurtBirthMy HeartDesertKneesHurt Me Book:Jesus' Son: Stories Source: Jesus' Son: Stories
“I'll never forget you. Your husband will beat you with an extension cord and the bus will pull away leaving you standing there in tears, but you were my mother.” MotherForgetTearsHusbandBeatsStandingLeavingNever ForgetBusExtensionsForget YouCordsYour HusbandStanding There Book:Jesus' Son: Stories Source: Jesus' Son: Stories
“When we were arguing on my twenty-fourth birthday, she left the kitchen, came back with a pistol, and fired it at me five times from right across the table. But she missed. It wasn't my life she was after. It was more. She wanted to eat my heart and be lost in the desert with what she'd done, she wanted to fall on her knees and give birth from it, she wanted to hurt me as only a child can be hurt by its mother.” GivingHeartChildrenDoneWantedMotherFallJesusLostLeftHurtFiveBirthMy HeartTwentiesTablesArguingDesertKneesKitchenFourthHurt MePistols Book:Jesus' Son: Stories Source: Jesus' Son: Stories
