Short story by Anna @ Oct 2022.
Note: A dacha's a country cottage with room to
grow food, connected by train to cities where
people work, accessible to the mass of the popula-
tion. A samovar's a vessel that heats water.
> The pitcher cries for water to carry
> and a person for work that is real.
-- Marge Piercy
(TXT) Chapter 1: The dacha
(TXT) Chapter 2: Mass
(TXT) Chapter 3: Work at the plant
(TXT) Chapter 4: Normalization
(TXT) Chapter 5: Letter