The Faded Portrait

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The ink was dry. It had been dry for three days. I sat in the drafty attic, the air thick with the smell of dust and old varnish, and stared at the portrait of my father. He looked young in it. Too young. The brushstrokes were confident, almost arrogant. His eyes held a sharpness that had not existed for twenty years. I am a painter. I am not a man who understands history. I only understand...

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