Fikret

Her daughter has spells. She faints and is dizzy and can't finish her words she meant to say. She went to the priest and paid him for charms that she might wear them, but it made her worse, somehow.

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choices

The breakfast liter of vodka no longer drowns her realities, but it does remove feeling from her extremities. It's hard to make her now spindly legs walk her for the frequent runs to the bathroom, and her hand shakes between cigarettes. But she's all there, hanging on every word.

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deep river

Fikret’s good natured laugh dies as she talks about the river that goes past their village. It’s deep and cold, and moves with great currents. Dark and menacing, it is never entered upon freewill even in the cooking heat of summer.

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spat upon

And with the spit, Darya finally realized why. They weren’t wanted for whom they were created to be, and from that moment, they’ve striven for an antithesis.

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