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A Mother Helps

Today I made the cake, cradling the bowl. Arm aching, pulling at the fruit. Her recipe in front, spidery and sherry stained. And she was here. I could feel her, smell her Christmas fragrance and as my bicep burned she held the spoon and through it went and she was gone.

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