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Orange

by  Mac

Posted: Thursday, May 6, 2004
Word Count: 48




Orange

She said she wanted to taste an orange and remember times before war and cancer changed everything. Taking the train to Hull, we bought one from a sailor. She was dead when we got back. Halving the dark rose blood-orange, we felt it weep down our chins.