Праця та відпочинок (Work and Leisure)
Vasyl wakes up every day at 5:30AM, boils some water for coffee, two eggs and a slice of rye bread with kovbasa and cheese. He looks out the window and waits for the sound of the train that is scheduled to come by at 5:45AM. The sound fills the small kitchen. The windows tremble. Still looking out, rows of chestnut trees are full bloom now, into the street where Natalia Oleksandivna in an orange safety vest swipes the pavement with an old wooden broom. The air is filled with spring.
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Leaning before a row of peaches, Olena closes her eyes, inhales a scent of her childhood vocations: the mix of peaches and pine. She buys two peaches before walking on her own for the first time down the road towards the sea. The heat causes the road around her to shimmer, towards the beach.
Vasyl wakes up every day at 5:30AM, boils some water for coffee, two eggs and a slice of rye bread with kovbasa and cheese. He looks out the window and waits for the sound of the train that is scheduled to come by at 5:45AM. The sound fills the small kitchen. The windows tremble. Still looking out, rows of chestnut trees are full bloom now, into the street where Natalia Oleksandivna in an orange safety vest swipes the pavement with an old wooden broom. The air is filled with spring.
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Leaning before a row of peaches, Olena closes her eyes, inhales a scent of her childhood vocations: the mix of peaches and pine. She buys two peaches before walking on her own for the first time down the road towards the sea. The heat causes the road around her to shimmer, towards the beach.