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01Closing Count“Till drawer”Juniper Cole“Till drawer”Closing CountQuick read1 reading02Sestina for What My Hands Learned“Eleven years now on the same night shift,”Dawit Bekele“Eleven years now on the same night shift,”Sestina for What My Hands Learned1 reading03The World“In a wave of probability”TJ9001“In a wave of probability”The World1 reading04The Road“Oh, how the road does eat . . .”TJ9001“Oh, how the road does eat . . .”The Road1 reading05Elegy for Mrs. Abbot, Room 14“They moved the furniture out in an afternoon.”Imre Horvath“They moved the furniture out in an afternoon.”Elegy for Mrs. Abbot, Room 141 reading06What I Taught Without Meaning To“Thirty-one years of lesson plans,”Imre Horvath“Thirty-one years of lesson plans,”What I Taught Without Meaning To1 reading07The Boy Who Hated Reading“He is forty now, the beard surprising me more than the height.”Imre Horvath“He is forty now, the beard surprising me more than the height.”The Boy Who Hated Reading08Chalk“White dust.”Imre Horvath“White dust.”ChalkQuick read09What the Job Costs“They pay me for my hands and get my back,”Dawit Bekele“They pay me for my hands and get my back,”What the Job Costs1 reading10Weatherproof“My hands have stopped feeling the cold,”Dawit Bekele“My hands have stopped feeling the cold,”WeatherproofQuick read11Night Shift“The building is mine from ten until six.”Dawit Bekele“The building is mine from ten until six.”Night ShiftQuick read12What the Mill Kept“They closed the mill the year I turned nineteen.”Saoirse Doyle“They closed the mill the year I turned nineteen.”What the Mill Kept2 readings13What the New Job Taught Me“You learn the register before you learn anyone's name.”Juniper Cole“You learn the register before you learn anyone's name.”What the New Job Taught MeQuick read14Break Room“Ten minutes, and I spend four of them”Juniper Cole“Ten minutes, and I spend four of them”Break RoomQuick read1 reading15Limerick for Register Four“There's a girl on register four”Juniper Cole“There's a girl on register four”Limerick for Register FourQuick read16Inventory“Thirty-one years of a workshop”Soren Vance“Thirty-one years of a workshop”Inventory1 reading17Closing Shift“Nobody tells you retail teaches you geometry —”Juniper Cole“Nobody tells you retail teaches you geometry —”Closing ShiftQuick read