The Pale Bonsai

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The Pale Bonsai

The man died with a leaf in his mouth. It was not a large leaf. It was pale. The color of old bone. It had been pressed into the wood of the bonsai tree for three days. I found it there. In the silence of the attic room. The air was thick with dust and the smell of decay. I was a soldier. I wore the uniform of the state. My name was Thomas. I had come to the house of the old man. The house was...

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