Hush Little Baby...

Here is my contribution to Week 54 of Saturday Centus. I have no idea where this came from. It sounds right to me when I read it out loud but I don't know if the dialogue will feel correct to you. The prompt is in bold and you can read other contributions by just clicking here.

Either way...this is what came to me this week. Now that mine is posted, can't wait to see what you all thought of.



I’se jess hunkerin' down. Hunkerin' down over this young’un in my arms. My heart it pound…pound…pound so hard I know de massa gwonna hear it. I feel dis baby rootin…rootin to eat but I ain’t got none. I’se too old for milk but if she cry she’s gwonna get us both dead. My heart pound…pound…pound…

I nuzzle down to hers milk-sweet neck of ‘dis babe in my arms. It ain’t my babe. But dat don' matter none.

I hears him walk closer. I puts my forehead down to hers and hopes she can hear what I be thinkin’… Hush little baby, don't you cry now.