The Pale Circus
You hold the jar. It is small. Glass. Amber. Inside, a white paste. It smells of mint and old blood. You do not know why you have it. You only know you must not lose it. The train window is a mirror. Your face floats there. Pale. Thin. A stranger’s face. You are an exile in your own body. You are in the city. The city is a mouth. It swallows you. It spits you out. You walk. The cobblestones are...
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