The Faded Dust

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The Faded Dust

You count the hours until the shift ends, not with a watch, but with the slow, grinding wear of the leather on your desk chair, the same way a miller counts the sacks of grain by the ache in his shoulders. It is November, 1912, and the air in the precinct office tastes of damp wool and stale tobacco, a heavy, grey sludge that settles in the lungs and refuses to be coughed up. You are Elias...

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