![]() Tied ribbons made necks, so they could have heads and torsos. ![]() ![]() As a small child, she stuffed socks with red beans, raw rice, sawdust or palm leaves. Sitting among her dolls, Indigo looked quite mad. I’ve got earth blood, filled up with the Geechees long gone, and the sea.” “Mama, if you pull ‘em off, they’ll just grow back. Whenever her mother tried to pull the moss off her head, or clip the roses round her thighs, Indigo was laughing. Having a moon in her mouth kept her laughing. A woman with a moon falling from her mouth, roses between her legs and tiaras of Spanish moss, this woman is a consort of the spirits. ![]() IF there is a moon falling from her mouth, she is a woman who knows her magic, who can share or not share her powers. ![]()
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