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most likely to brown. They are beautiful and they follow my face as I clean his bottom
and lift his scrawny little chicken legs out of the way, sliding a fresh disposable
underneath, peeling off the sticky tabs and pushing his legs back into the white Babygro
as they stiffen and resist. He is licking his fist so I pick him up and lay him down next to
me in bed (also against the rules!). I make sure the duvet isn’t over his face and pull his
body tight in against mine. He latches on easily and even though my toes stiffen it
doesn’t really hurt. Our eyes lock together as he feeds and my lids feel so heavy that
they close, and just as they do, I see his closing and we both sleep, our breathing in
unison, our eyelids fluttering in dreams.
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