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Doctor Zeuss

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The First Hue

CW: Brief mention of blood and violence near the end of the story. I folded the flaps of the box over, covering the same product I’d packaged a trillion times that day. I brought the tape roller over the top, shutting out the sealed care packages with the same grating ripping noise. I put the box back on the conveyor belt, where it would finish its mundane process and eventually be shipped out to every house in the city. 499, I silently counted, watching my box make its way through the rows of people for a moment. One more package...

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