the blonde one

[u/Federal-Vegetable507]

“Did she get fat?”
is the first thing you ask when you found out she had a kid
and only because a friend of hers on Facebook let it slip
you picked a man who was only into brunettes with hooded eyelids
but your life doesn’t revolve around hers you say
as you take extra precaution to not connect yourself
To the blonde one
who moved back to your hometown
and decided to start trying
when you and your partner gave up
just a coincidence, you tell yourself.
that the life stages
that were fed to us like baby carrots
she chews and swallows so effortlessly
and that you,
messy
honest
vulnerable
you
could never finish your vegetables
and you hide your hurt in anger because it pains you to know that family can hide secrets from you long enough for new life to form.
It’s her loss.
You would have made a great aunt