Just Lawrence

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“Piece de Resistance” by Just Lawrence

Submitted to Contest #228

Piece de ResistanceVillage of Verfeil; France. 1940.I pulled the tines of my fingers from the centre of the table to the corners, dragging the creases out of the yellowed damask. The ends of the tablecloth slid down the table legs like a woman adjusting her skirt hem.Grandmere shuffled towards me, the stack of plates on her forearms almost hidden by the ends of her shawl. Moving to take them from her, she slid them into my arms with the brisk delicacy of a midwife presenting an infant to its mother. I put each plate down ...

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