Donuts and Babies (morgan city cooking)

about a woman who works at a donut shop in morgan city, louisiana, my hometown. (yes, i'm morgan city trash, a scumfuck from the shoe -- previously the boot.

 

DONUTS AND BABIES: 

(morgan city cooking)

 

from cgStarling

 

 

i’ve heard

THINGS

about the wild-eyed lady who works at the donut shop

Things like These:

  she smokes rock

    across the tracks

      down the street

        from my dear aunt rose

  her father heavy-bearded blue-jean b*****d

     you know him—very church-going gentleman

        molests children on sunday afternoons

 

i’ve heard, as well

  she once slept with her neighbor’s

    labrador retriever

      at least once

         the locator-collar proved to be worth the money

      (at least once)

 

but What i’ve heard is:

  she had a lover once who she loved greatly

    and they had a baby together a beautiful little girl

      and they stuffed the little infant girl in a garbage bag

        and swung her around the room

          and beat her against the walls the door the kitchen cabinets

            over and over again

              they did

                she cried

                  over over and then

                    they set the baby girl on the old oven rack

                      and set her to 375

 

                          did they laugh or yell

                            or cry or

                              anything at all but

                                BANG bang DIE die

                                     ? 

 

of course this could all be small-town chatter

that small-town sick-town s**t

but i believe

Every

Single

Word

i have looked into her eyes

those massive scary black holes

  and except for the chocolate men

    sprinkled pink orange blue green

      glazed with sugar and death,

  there was absolutely NOTHING there

 

and i’m reminded that i don’t like sweets

 

 

 

Reviews

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

This is so gritty, down and a morbid truth of many .. i love it .. it is sad to read but you sure wrote it well made it alive for me i can see those black holes.. it makes me dislike sweets ,, wonderful writing ,, im linking it to my page ok?
Let me know ..

Chloe
xoxo

[windmill]

Sick as f**k and twisted, but it works. Jesus, I'm glad I was born up north... Fer sure.

All of it. Rock + child molester + Labrador (the bit about the collar was great) + the baby (gawd... the baby...) (s4 is strong, btw) = insanity. Scariness... Harsh, crazy world, eh? Effing nuts...

Last full stanza works great. Last line kills (especially reading your description).

I'm starting to like your s**t more and more.
Crazy.

S

[W.k.kortas]

Wonderful and wild interplay between the sweet-and-chocolate icing cookies and donuts and the unhappy and unsettling images presented. It flows quite smoothly, which is a nice counter-point to the decidedly bumpy and broken lives within. It's well-executed, powerful and unsettling.