Newborn

He was born in the morning. The morning drowned in a scream, choked by the baby's protest. He had no skin. Only a heart: smart, kind, big and full of eyes.

Two more babies were born that day, but with skin of different colors and thicknesses.

The next newborn had blue eyes, with milky, thin, and transparent skin, so that it seemed as if his entire nervous system could be seen through it...