Against the Tide of Years
Against the Tide of Years
“(March, Year 3 A.E.) (June, Year 4 A.E.) (July, Year 4 A.E.) September, Year 8 A.E.
Reveille, Marian Alston-Kurlelo thought as her eyes opened, waiting for the pitch and roll of a bunk at sea, the creak of cordage and lap of the waves and the way a ship’s timbers spoke as they moved.
But it wasn’t a noncom bellowing, “lash and stow”; it was roosters, and someone beating on a triangle. “Rise and shine, sugar,” she whispered.
“I will rise, but I refuse to shine,” Swindapa said, mock-grumpy, yaw...ning and stretching; the corn shucks in the mattress beneath them rustled as she moved to give Alston an embrace and then swing out of the bed.
The ferry had brought them in late last night; it was a chilly fall morning, and the water in the jug and basin beside the window raised goose bumps on the black woman’s skin as she washed and pulled on her clothes. The coarse blue wool of the uniform was clean by the standards of Year 8—it didn’t have visible dirt and it didn’t smell.MoreLess
Reveille, Marian Alston-Kurlelo thought as her eyes opened, waiting for the pitch and roll of a bunk at sea, the creak of cordage and lap of the waves and the way a ship’s timbers spoke as they moved.
But it wasn’t a noncom bellowing, “lash and stow”; it was roosters, and someone beating on a triangle. “Rise and shine, sugar,” she whispered.
“I will rise, but I refuse to shine,” Swindapa said, mock-grumpy, yaw...ning and stretching; the corn shucks in the mattress beneath them rustled as she moved to give Alston an embrace and then swing out of the bed.
The ferry had brought them in late last night; it was a chilly fall morning, and the water in the jug and basin beside the window raised goose bumps on the black woman’s skin as she washed and pulled on her clothes. The coarse blue wool of the uniform was clean by the standards of Year 8—it didn’t have visible dirt and it didn’t smell.MoreLess
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