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My friend entrusted me with a beautiful baby
She was a gorgeous child, and quiet, too
I brought her gurgling into a bedroom
I laid her to sleep in a wooden crib
Then I left her for the other room where a party was going on

In a daze I spent two days in the party
I didn't think I didn't notice I didn't feel
Time pass

Then I remembered
The child

I ran to the bedroom
I saw her lying in the crib
She lay in putrefying liquids from her own body
She was wrinkled and green
I was Horrified
I grabbed a water hose
I thought if I could clean her she would live again
I sprayed her from a few feet away
I knelt on the ground
I touched my forehead to the ground
Crying

I was not a good mother to myself