The Pale Dance

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The Pale Dance

The coal bucket was heavy. It was always heavy. My knuckles were white. My fingers bled. I pulled the rope. The bucket swung. It hit the floor. The coal spilled. Black dust. Like ash. Like night. I was eight years old. My name was Thomas. I lived in a room above a bakery in London. The air smelled of yeast and smoke. My father was gone. He had gone to the mines. He had not come back. My mother,...

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