The Distant Metropolis
The soup in the iron pot had long since turned into a thick, opaque sludge that smelled of wet ash and old bones, and I stood by the hearth with my hands wrapped around the wooden spoon, watching the steam curl up into the dark rafters where the shadows of the mill’s gears turned with a slow, indifferent rhythm that marked the passing of hours I no longer had the strength to count. My name is...
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