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Beast of Burden by Frederick K Foote

June 26, 2025March 2, 2025 literallystories2014

 In the marketplace, a couple of miles from my military base, a brown-skinned indigenous woman was walking with such grace and a mischievous face that she caught my eye, slowed my walk, and reversed my direction.

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