The Faded Portrait

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I dream of the mortar. It is not a weapon. In the dream, it is a bowl of thick, gray paste. I am standing in a courtyard paved with cold stone. The light is the color of old bone. I am mixing it. My hands are deep in the trough. The paste resists, then yields. It is the only thing that is soft in the world. I remember the smell. Wet earth. Iron. Time. I wake to the sound of the bells. They ring...

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