The Wistful Dinner
The soup breaks first. Not the bowl. The liquid. It shatters against the rim, a splash of cold, grey broth. You watch the droplets hang in the air. They look like tears. They do not dry. They hover. You are holding the bowl. Your hands are steady. You have always been steady. That is the job. To hold. To not spill. To not break. The room is small. It smells of damp wool and old paper. The walls...
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