Tohje
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He eats sand.
The water is too valuable; the wizened vegetables get only a perfunctory rinse. He brushes the greens meticulously, but to no avail.
There are always grains, despite his efforts. They crunch between his teeth during every sparse meal. The smidgens find their way under his tongue, to his windpipe, into the tender cavities between his teeth and gums.