Tag: crop
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WRATH UNBOWED
The dust swirled round the field. The earth had given them nothing in return for all their hard work again. Aggie stood on the porch. No sign of Al returning, the urge took him every few weeks. She knew he would be home eventually. They were all that was left, the last remaining links of…
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AMONG THE REMAINS
She brought the axe down on the bird’s neck. The body, until then a squirming, panicked, struggling handful went limp. The last few feathers floated to the ground and all was still. She wiped the sweat from her brow. The sun continued to beat down relentlessly. They all said the weather would break soon, it…
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THE ISLAND BETWEEN
Patrick ran along the path, hands spread wide, feeling the tall rapeseed through his fingers. The sky was a deep blue, the sun was shining. It felt good to be out of the stuffy house. For the first time in a week the wind direction on the island had changed and the radioactivity levels had…