Narco – See – Sissy created Echo.Bullying was his pleasure and she was his choice of experiment in all things.Her little body used for his curiosity. For his grandiosity, in the neighborhood. She was his choice of experiment.
Her mother knew, her nervous system froze.. like the ice..that she chewed..
Like the ice box, that she kept by her side. For life. Until death took her. Iceless.
One holiday, showing visitors the homestead, she walked amongst the pines and shrub. She looked up and NSS scowled at her from his elevated position on a pony. His frontal cortex, dark, due to DNA and environment. He charged the 700 pound pony towards Echo. She ran as fast as she could, Filled with terror. She saw the silver bit as it collided with her cranium. She was slammed into the pine, she had intended for cover.
The impact…
Another trip to the hospital.
She cried to her mother. “Why did he do this?” Her mother replied, “He didn’t.”
Cards. They all played cards. Echo was winning. Amazed. – He pinned her down with his threats, until he took all of her money. He put it in his pocket, smiled, big white teeth. Their mother loved his teeth. He left the house. Echo’s teeth were hidden.
Echo said nothing. She his her teeth.
Her mother said, nothing. Because Echo said, nothing.
She listened.
Fatty, Fatty, two by four. Can’t get through the bathroom door. So she did it on the floor. Licked it up and did some more.
Echo had become mute. Repeating here and there. Thoughts traversing her mind. Then buried. She hiccuped.. responses. – When in the presence of NSS, she repeated. No response to the abuse. Until……..
Onlookers viewed NSS and Echo as friends.
Echo’s only friend was Celeste. Celeste cared for Echo. If it was cold she found her a blanket. If it was hot, she found a fan.
Echo – echoed.
Celeste – nurtured.
She protected Echo.
Maternal.
Iceless…finally…iceless