The box is nearly full. One shoe still isn’t in it.
Close to half a million Kenyans work in the Gulf, and every year before the holidays they send two things home: money, and a box packed by hand. Every extra kilogram costs money to ship, and new fees and permit costs in Saudi Arabia have cut into what many of them earn. What goes in is decided by the weight the money allows.
Its pair is still on the floor. My hand hasn’t picked it up yet.
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