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Submitted to Contest #286
When you think of dirt you think of brown. You don't ever think of the deep dark hickory or the lighter caramel. Rarely do you think of the umber or the chesnut. Dirt is just dirt. Inconsequential and trod on. We were dirt. To them. 1942Izaak looked fondly at the painting in the store window. His last piece which he had sold before he had been made to clear out his studio. Tucking the new leather suitcase under his arm he made his way up the path away from town to the little house on the rise. Already the town had started to empty alrea...
Submitted to Contest #275
Content warning: The following story has implied physical abuse. It also contains mentions of death and of a sacrifice.Soap, water, scrub, repeat; soap, water, scrub, repeat; soap, water, scrub thirteen times you wash. Thirteen times we scrub our hands clean before we enter the church. In the name of the Son the Father the Holy Ghost. Three times we make the cross with the holy water; three times we watch as those behind us mutter curses under their breath as we take too long at the church door. Not the left side or the back, can’t be t...
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