Apocrypha of the First, Chapter VII

The truth is I never loved you. You came uninvited, you ravaged my body and sucked from my youth. You didn’t bring anything good with you, and I could never even stand your face. Your piggy eyes narrow and dark, looking even darker when you try to smile. A barbarian dog of the steppe, that’s all you are, you never belonged here. You’ve been here what, close to seven years now and I say that is enough. You never called me “mother.” This is not a word the tr...