The Wistful Petal

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The Wistful Petal

The plaster was peeling in long, dry strips. They hung like flayed skin from the ceiling of the basement room. Margaret held the token in her left hand. It was a small, square piece of zinc. A dog tag. But not for a dog. It was stamped with a number. 4092. She turned it over. The other side was blank. Cold. The air in the room was still. Thick with the smell of damp earth and old dust. Outside,...

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