Trigger Warnings: Emotional Trauma, Pedophilia Mention
Joanna appears in a child’s stroller like a fairy godmother. She is a lion with a mane, but she is most definitely not a boy, because boys are icky. So, she dawns bows and a pink baby bottle. Becomes a member of the family. Over the years, she is burned, stitched, cut, stitched again. She earns a permanent place as Queen of the Toys. She survives three hurricanes and becomes etched in the family folklore, told in stories around the dinner table.
The men catcall her
Grandpa is a pedophile
She wants to go home
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C.M. Vazquez
She/Her. English Professor. Aspiring Novelist. 30+. Proud Latina.
I'm obsessed with my cat and fantasy fiction.
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