The last time I saw my mother was the first time I saw the world.
She flagged down a distribution truck at the edge of the village one of those beasts that moved lentils and crates and entire stories between cities that didn’t know each other’s names. The driver didn’t ask what we were carrying. Neither did I.
We rode in the back, my legs tucked beneath m…
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