Stories tagged “bath”
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Waiting on Water
Life was about waiting on the water. We would pump the handle until it ran into the bucket, then carry it carefully and slowly home. We waited while it heated, only using some for the hand washing basin. We waited while the soup cooked, the bread rose,...
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Inscription in a pool
“It was the last thing you would expect to find in a swimming pool”, she said. “It’s not a swimming pool, it’s a michvah. A ritual bath”, said the professor. It was one of the banes of being an archeologist. He was playing tour guide to som...
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Pride
As Elizabeth passed the burly executioner who was exiting the large, candle-lit bathroom, she saw that his eyes were wet. “How was she?” Elizabeth asked. The executioner was silent a moment. “I knew her,” he said finally. “And was she pretty?...
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Ginger: A Clean Start
The washroom, like the pantry, was illuminated from above by natural sunlight. The ceiling was much higher though, giving the room a spacious, comfortable calm. In the center was the most bewildering thing: a small pond of sorts, looking more like it b...
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Infatuation with a Splash
(8/23/10 – Day 26) I woke up this morning with a smile on my face. He ask me, let’s take a bath… I slid in my crawl foot bath tub, after him. He sat in my lap, with my legs wrapped around him, Both facing the same direction, I pressed...
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He Lives in My Thoughts
(8/28/10 – Day 31) Today I walked in the rain with him We didn’t say a word to each other Just listening to the rhythm of rain dropping from the clouds His smile was so enticing to me. He grabbed my hand & he nodded to me. I sometimes t...
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Bath
My ashes sink into my bath. The water turns an inky black. My head sits underneath the waves. I lay there for days and days. I slowly drown in my own pain, As the ceiling turns to rain. I watch the water as it trickles. Water overflows in little ripple...