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SSDD A s was often the case, Dorothy’s first thought when she woke up was, “Nothing new under the sun.” She’d had the thought a few times already today, and this time when she opened her eyes she was in the dining room, with its familiar linoleum-tiled floor and the baskets of plastic geraniums on the windowsills. There was a soggy grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of soup in front of her. Must be lunch time. “Hey Dottie!” It was that damned Fred. She rolled her eyes, but it was pointless. Her once-bright eyes – they had been bright, hadn’t they? She couldn’t remember – were surrounded by creases and folds, like cloudy marbles buried in a pile of old leaves. Dottie was not her name and never had been; there was nothing dotty about her. She was not flighty or eccentric, nor was she small and round like a cute little polkadot. She shook her head. She didn’t give a damn what he called her. But there was a new woman at the table, and Fred’s attention was already on her. Y