The Wistful Voyage

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The mill broke at dawn. It did not shatter. It groaned. A long, wet sound, like a throat clearing of thick phlegm, and then the great wooden wheel stopped. Dust fell in grey clouds. The silence that followed was heavy. It pressed against the eaves. It settled in the lungs. I stood by the grinding stone. My hands were still. They had been moving for forty years. Now they hung at my sides,...

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