The Pale Dance
The coal dust had a taste. Iron and sulfur. It coated the back of my throat, gritty and permanent, settling into the creases of my knuckles where no scrub could reach. We were in the third shift. The air was thick, a physical weight that pressed against the eardrums. My lungs burned with every intake. I pulled the haulage line. The rope bit into my palms. The cart groaned. It was a sound like a...
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