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She was spread out on the bench in the lobby. She covered the length of it, her thick legs wide apart, taking up space on either side with her knees. A lot of residents at the Home gained weight being there. The dead hours stuck to them. Stillborn plans of other lives were in their bellies.
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Moskowitz, B.A. (2012). Myra, Leading Citizen. In: The Room at the End of the Hall. Transgressions, vol 92. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-116-0_9
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