The Wistful Petal

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The Wistful Petal

The mortar had been mixing for four hours before the first black streak appeared. I counted the shovels, twelve, and the sacks, forty, and the men, six, standing in the grey damp of the Ostrava bridge. The stone was weeping. It was not water, not oil, but a thick, viscous sap that smelled of iron and old paper. I wiped my hands on my trousers, leaving dark smears that looked like bruises. The...

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