![]() ![]() Tell Jon? You wouldn’t…Fuck, Stephen, I can’t believe it’s come to this. I’m not having some guy from the black market come and collect-This isn’t a favour, it’s insane! This is insanely illegal and if anything happens-I’m a mother!. If I’d known I never would’ve taken them… And when all’s said and done you’re going to slice these things up and sell their organs to the highest bidder? One for you, and then-Jesus, Stephen. Okay, not harvesting, growing then, farming, nurturing, whatever. Are you saying I’m harvesting organs in my fucking backyard? So, what are you going to do? You’re not asking for it back, are you, I mean, I don’t think that’s how transplants work…Right, I’m being stupid. It’s just hard, you know, with the kids and all…Yeah, I get it… I hadn’t realised…I should call more often. I thought things were going well, that you were healthy…You’ve had tests? Jesus, so it’s serious…Oh no, Stephen. I’d do anything for you, after what you did for our baby-my baby… What? I heard something about lobsters being biologically immortal, whatever that means-brine shrimp…Īre you high? …No, I know that. What? Well, like thirteen years, that’s when we flushed them down the toilet…I guess tortoises live a long time. What are they? …I’ve never seen sea-monkeys that big. What’s his name? …Okay and he’ll come and get them? Sea monkeys don’t live in families, for one thing. No, I suppose he could come on a weekday. The real life of sea monkeys (brine shrimp, or Artemia) is a pretty far cry from Ozzie and Harriet. You have to come and get them… What? Who is that? …I don’t want some strange man coming to my house…When? My children live here. Of course not, I owe you, besides he can’t know about. You don’t think they’re dangerous? Right, I won’t go near them in the meantime… But these are something else…My husband’s at work… We kept them in an aquarium and they lived for more years than we’d planned. I had some when I was a kid the biggest they got was the size of goldfish. Well, I moved them into the pool in the backyard-there’s a tarp over the top of it and the kids don’t like to swim in the winter anyway… I oxygenate the tank twice a day and only feed them once a week (if not less, if I see their stomachs are. The water had evaporated from the tank so I added some bottled water, which might be the reason why my baby sea monkeys didnt make it. ![]() No, I’m serious, they’re huge, soft and fluid, pink and transparent but wriggling like eels. A week ago I had a few 'big' sea monkeys, and a bunch of babies. But the lid popped, so the air escaped…I don’t know when.ĭoes it matter? …The thing is, the shrimp don’t look like shrimp anymore…More like, I know this sounds stupid, but like intestines or. The jar fizzed since the last time we talked, expanded and distorted so the glass became round and bulbous-calm down…No, the seam dissolved some time ago…I hadn’t noticed, I have a life, you know. I’m calling because something about them has changed. I’ve been keeping them in a jar of saltwater on the top shelf of the bathroom. I know it’s been a while…It’s about those things you gave me-the sea-monkeys. ![]()
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