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Marked
by Katie Devine Katie Devine Before she feels the lump in her left breast, she dreams about it. Her dream self squeezes her nipple and a single green pea pops out, coated in thick, cheese curd milk—colostrum, she presumes it to be, though she has never seen colostrum before and there is no biological reason it would be coming from her thus far barren body. In the dream, she licks the pea clean, then swallows it whole, and the next time she squeezes her breast two peas squeeze
Jan 8, 20214 min read
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