The Faded Root
The requisition forms for the third quarter had accumulated to a weight that pressed against the spine of the stack, a dense block of cream-colored paper that smelled faintly of dust and the chemical tang of the archival paste used to bind the older volumes. You counted them one by one, your fingers dragging across the rough edges, forty-two years of service distilled into the rhythmic friction...
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