babba

I don't remember leaving the joint, which isn't a problem, that has happened to me alot in the past, but when I woke up this morning...whew-babba...

My Last Drunk The Daily Growler 2006

Aunt Sawney sat in her chair by the window, the babba on her lap.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

He was watching one time when she was changing the babba.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

She woke in the night one time, without the babba crying, and she could just make out Aunt Sawney in her chair, rocking and rocking, slow-like and deliberate, over the drawer from the chest where the babba slept.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

Aunt Sawney had put it there after the babba was born.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

Hairy old chin she poked at the babba and her cheeks all sunk.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

She woke in the night one time, without the babba crying, and she could just make out Aunt Sawney in her chair, rocking and rocking, slow-like and deliberate, over the drawer from the chest where the babba slept.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

Till a moan from the drawer broke the moment and soon enough the babba was looking for her feed.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

She humped the babba, easing the strain afterwards with a hand to her back.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

The babba gave an egg-shaped yawn while the shop door closed behind.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002