The Distant Garden
The brass astrolabe was cold. It sat in the center of my desk, a dead star of metal and glass. I had carried it for three days. It was heavy. Not just in weight. In meaning. My hands trembled. I wrapped them in wool. The wool was wet. The rain had not stopped. It never stopped in this part of the world. Or so it seemed. I am a clerk. I count numbers. I balance ledgers. I am good at it. Or I...
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