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Tallboy

By Olivia Irvine 2020

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Three girls are in a room with a tallboy - a tall chest of drawers of polished mahogany with a bowed front. The name of the piece of furniture suggests a looming male figure. What is on the girls' minds as they languish in the silence of their own thoughts?
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