The Faded Bouquet

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The Faded Bouquet

The air in the basement of the Whitmore & Sons textile mill did not smell of fabric. It smelled of wet iron and the sweet, cloying rot of overripe fruit. I sat at the center of the circular workbench, my hands resting on the leather apron I had worn for thirty years. The apron was stiff, cracked at the elbows, a second skin that had absorbed the sweat and the dye of a lifetime. Around me, the...

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