Photo by Aditya Chinchure on Unsplash by Cole Beauchamp After painting and dancing, before afternoon chess, the girls glide to the palace garden, line up in rows and kneel on all fours. The first girl hikes up brocaded robes, scrapes tender thighs over the others’ backs, a low-burn friction urging her along the row, faster, hindlegs strengthening. The … Continue reading Between Lessons, The Girls Purchased As Concubines Play Leapfrog