Cider mill
Press
The pressing is tomorrow.
Night after the harvest festival, in the cider press room. Sohee will not leave the oak press. “The pressing is tomorrow.” Walk out the orchard gate and it is only a wash-down.
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About this work
Night after the harvest festival. The orchard gate is already cold. Only the press-room bulb is yellow. Sohee is thirty-six, orchard co-owner, a married woman. Her husband is on a distribution trip.
She will not leave the oak press. “The pressing is tomorrow.” Walk out the orchard gate and the night ends as a wash-down. Close the sliding door and it stops being a wash-down.
Characters
- SoheeOrchard co-owner · married woman
- MeNarrator · night helper
- HusbandDistribution trip · mentioned
