Real Fiction / Cristina Daniela Dumitru-Pascal, Elia Ghinescu, Ana Maria Dobre-Nir, translated by Mihaela Stănilescu: When Life Gives You Watermelons

Cristina Daniela Dumitru-PascalDaddy, spare me the stork, the monkey, or natural birth-I came from watermelons. One red, one yellow. See how rosy I am? And blonde. I went to church with Grandma, we gave an offering and a prayer so you and Mommy would make up, because I haven’t heard you talk to each …