The Ugliest Babies in the World - Electric Literature

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Oct 26, 2020 - Issue No 139 Vanessa Chan Share article Share article The Commuter Subscribe Strange, short, and diverting writing delivered to your inbox every Monday.. The Ugliest Babies in the World The way we’ve been told, my girl cousins and I were born with broken faces. “You know ah–,” my grandma says, “–all your mothers were so beautiful, skin no pores hor, and fair like Princess Hang Li Po. But then every single one of you popped out with the ugliest faces we had ever seen.” Her little bungalow sweats, as though in anticipation. The ceiling fan is on the lowest setting, moving so slow

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