The Distant Threshold
The jar broke. It did not shatter with a dramatic crack. It simply ceased to hold its shape. The glass, thick and amber, folded in on itself like wet paper. The contents spilled. They were not honey. They were not wine. They were time. Or perhaps memory. They looked like liquid gold, but cold. It pooled on the floorboards of the attic. It smelled of burnt sugar and old rain. I watched it...
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