The Faded Bouquet

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The Faded Bouquet

I scrubbed the blood from the basin, the water turning pink and cold, while the loom beat its iron rhythm against the wall. My hands were raw, the skin split and weeping, and I could smell the iron in the air, a metallic taste that coated the back of my tongue. Ayse, I am twelve years old and I have been in this mill for three years, and the noise never stops. It is not a sound but a pressure,...

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