A faded black and white photograph Captures the gleaming grins of a family Soft light ricochets off their shiny cheeks and teeth A dark stain sits in the snapshot’s left margin It’s a smudge that represents a secret That they’d give their lives to keep But that stain is not a result Of a small child’s careless handling That small murky blot is the face of a young girl One whose very existence was cursed by her father Due...