The Wistful Witness

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The factory whistle blew. Margaret stopped. Her hands were still. The belt kept moving. Boxes. Brown. Identical. She looked at her fingers. They were red. Not blood. Ink. The dye from the paper. It went deep into the nails. Deep into the lines. She could not scrub it out. It was 1924. The air in the packing room was thick. Dust motes danced in the slant of light from the high windows. Margaret...

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