The Faded Frequency
The blood on the handkerchief is the size of a dime, bright red against the grey wool, and you press it hard against your mouth until the taste of copper fills your throat. You are forty-two years old, a border patrol agent with eighteen years of service, and your lungs are failing you in the cold air of the station, a slow rot that makes every breath a labor of cost and calculation. You want...
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