Money for the Dead

And they collapse into themselves, ten wrinkled women, their curled salt and pepper hair pinned under black kerchiefs. Faded floral blouses and black trousers. Gnarled hands reach for gold and silver paper in a heap around a red candle. Jook boils on the stove and folded money burns a white, wispy river, gently swaying on…

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