Bundle up now, hat scrunched over your ears, scarf wrapped round and round, frosting at your breath, shoulders hunched up to cover your ears again and double socks in tight boots.
She didn’t know what was in the bundle, that the homeless woman had carried into the shelter. “Is there a baby in there?” she asked, but the woman didn’t answer, just pulled the bundle away as she turned her body. “It’s OK. I just wanted to see if your baby needed anything.”
Bundle up now, hat scrunched over your ears, scarf wrapped round and round, frosting at your breath, shoulders hunched up to cover your ears again and double socks in tight boots.
She didn’t know what was in the bundle, that the homeless woman had carried into the shelter. “Is there a baby in there?” she asked, but the woman didn’t answer, just pulled the bundle away as she turned her body. “It’s OK. I just wanted to see if your baby needed anything.”