She Was So Happy When Her Baby Boy Was Born… But Then He Wouldn’t Stop Eating
By Sean Seebach
Outside, a crowd gathered around the burning trailer. Strong Man hoisted Bobby into his arms and carried him towards the exit. Denise and Lobster Boy were close behind.
Buddy came bursting into the crowd, his entire body covered in an orange and red aura. His arms were spread out as he spun in place.
“This was all for you,” he said. “For all of you…freaks!”
Nearby, a woman with a scruffy beard painted her fingernails with bright red polish. She stood next to a BB gun target game and watched Buddy burn to death.
“You may have done this for some of us, but what about the others?” she shouted. “The ones you took and turned into freaks?”
She spat on the ground as Buddy flailed in agony. She was careful to miss him, in case it might dampen his cremation.
With the monkey perched on his shoulder, a sad-faced clown approached The Bearded Lady. They watched from a distance, the silhouettes of Denise and her new friends leaving under the marquee lights.
“Where’s the Big Baby going?” he asked.
“Where he belongs,” she said. “Home.”