A Story In
100 Words
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Collect
The men stand quietly, exchanging cigarettes and glances. There is nothing to say.
A klaxon sounds. More than one man sighs with relief: the mine-cage rises from below. Two men open the cage doors, collect the dripping bones of the man who lost the draw.
“Sacrifice accepted,” the mine owner announces, as though the men can't see the evidence themselves.
The bones are buried. The widow and children will receive a fat check from the owner, and much pity for the “unpreventable accident.”
“Okay, boys,” the foreman slaps his hat on. “Go ahead and collect. Coal ain't gonna fetch itself.”
From Guest Contributor Laura Lovic-Lindsay
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