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