C. L. Moore (1911–1987) American author
Black God's Kiss (1934); p. 23
Short fiction, Jirel of Joiry (1969)
“Quaking muscles in the act of birth,
Between her legs a pigmy face appear,
And the first murderer lay upon the earth.”
Imperial Adam (l. 42-44).
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