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Added March 20, 2015
They said I must die. They said that I stole the breath from men, and now they must steal mine.
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Burial Rites
Hannah Kent
Published
2013
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You heard me right: Come in. No, you won't disturb a soul in this locker room. They're all lost in that place most folks go maybe once or twice in a lifetime, when their mamas or daddies die or their children are born, a place they don't go nearly as often as they should. Trust me, these boys will never know you're here.
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Y'all don't know nothing ‘bout a scorned, burnt body.