The Faded Bouquet

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The Faded Bouquet

The soup was thick. Red. It smelled of iron and old pennies. I stirred it with a spoon made of bone. The broth hissed. It spat. I did not look up. I was counting the bubbles. One. Two. Three. Four. "You are late again," said the voice from the ceiling. It was not a voice. It was a sound like dry leaves skittering on stone. "I am always here," I replied. My voice sounded small. Thin. Like paper...

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