The Wistful Grid

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The Wistful Grid

14 October 1912 The ink has returned to the ledger, blooming in the margin like a bruise that refuses to fade. I am scrubbing at it with a damp cloth, but the stain only spreads, soaking into the grain of the paper until the numbers for the September rationing become illegible. It is a cold morning, the kind that settles into the joints and stays there, and the dampness in the cellar is seeping...

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