the demon brother did not yet feed by mouth , had not yet sharp teeth to tear , chew , devour and so could not swallow up the smaller brother into his gut , and so the smaller brother survived inside the swollen belly where the beat beat beat of the great heart pumped life blindly and in ignorance until the very hour of the birth , when the demon brother forced his way out of the womb headfirst , a diver , a plunger , eager for oxygen , thrusting , squawling , struggling to declare himself , drew his first breath in a shudder of astonishment and began to bawl loudly , hungrily , kicking his small legs , flailing his small arms , a furious purple-flushed face , half-shut glaring eyes , strands of startlingly dark and coarse hair on the flushed infant scalp a boy !