The Wistful Asylum
The stone teeth of St. Jude’s gnawed the sky. I stood on the ramparts, my hand gripping the cold, pitted masonry. The wind howled, a low, mournful drone that vibrated in my molars. I am old now. My joints ache with the damp. But my mind is sharp. Sharp as the iron I carried for forty years. I am a guard. That is all. I keep the perimeter. I watch the gate. The city below sprawled in gray and...
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