It's not that she didn't want to get married at nine. Or have a baby at ten.
She didn't understand what a marriage was. Or having a baby.
She dressed her baby up like a doll, and sang her little songs.
And carefully hid her daughter's tiny, budding wings.
And waited.
Ivana Milaković is a speculative fiction writer and the author of three short story collections. Writes in Serbian and English. Translated into Romanian.
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