The Wistful Throne
The coat hangs on the hook by the door. It is red. It is always red. You look at it now, in the dim light of the tenement room, and the color seems to bleed into the peeling wallpaper. It is a heavy wool thing, thick as a man’s arm. It smells of coal smoke and old blood. You do not touch it. You never touch it. To touch it is to break the silence. The room is small. The air is thin. Outside,...
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