The Faded Ruin
The house holds its breath. You know this because the silence is not empty. It is full. It is a living thing, pressing against your eardrums, thick as wet wool. You sit in the chair by the window. The wood is worn smooth under your palms. It knows your hands. It has known them for forty years. The paint is peeling in long, curled strips. You watch them fall. They drift to the floor like dead...
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