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Alison Stein The Ringits small diamond a bright beacon of devotion held by two gold cords around her fourth finger removed only to cook and to clean dutifully replaced on her strong hand its small diamond a single tear of frustration fixed in its setting forgotten for several days at a time when restless and weary hands found it too heavy to replace its small diamond a shard of ice muted by thick motes of dust unworn for several years with nothing but fine wrinkles encircling her fourth finger |
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