on babies :: of wagons, trades, & empty hands By Jen Schneider (she/her/hers) 1 :: she’d trade up on a regular basis. culottes for corduroys. cut-offs for bell bottoms. big macs for whoppers 2 :: her baby would spend afternoons napping in the backseat of...
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on babies :: of wagons, trades, & empty hands By Jen Schneider (she/her/hers) 1 :: she’d trade up on a regular basis. culottes for corduroys. cut-offs for bell bottoms. big macs for whoppers 2 :: her baby would spend afternoons napping in the backseat of the station wagon (not yet traded in). she’d park the old beast in a parking spot (always odd, never even) in the middle of a concrete lot. sleep baby, she’d say before clicking all locks. 3 :: she’d explore the marketplace. try on the latest denim. model baby doll dresses. trade yesterday’s purchases for the new day’s arrivals. always looking for more. 4 :: shop. drop. trade up. whatcha got for me, babe, she’d ask on pre-drive calls. 5 :: the child would feign sleep & wonder, with a biological baby in the back seat, what was she looking for? didn’t realize it might not be what, but who. 6 :: the child’s bed - a twin - was in the room above the home’s communal living space. an open concept in a house clothed deep in tradition. 7 :: as
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