The Distant Machine

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The letter was signed with a flourish. It was a Tuesday. The rain had not stopped. Eleanor sat at her desk. The wood was oak. It was old. It was scarred. She held the fern. It was a Boston fern. Small. Green. Alive. She had bought it at the market. It had cost four dollars. She had paid with a coin. The coin was warm. The air in the shop was cold. She carried it home. She put it on the shelf....

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