![]() ![]() 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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