The Distant Journey
The hand was cold. It lay on the table. My wife’s hand. It had been dead for three days. The house smelled of lilies. Too many lilies. They filled every vase. They choked the air. I sat across from her. I held her fingers. They were stiff. The knuckles locked. A sign of rigor. I knew this. I am a surgeon. I know the body. I know the failure. I know the end. But I did not know this. This...
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