The Wistful Asylum

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The silver watch sat in my palm, cold as a river stone. It was the only thing I had left that didn’t smell of antiseptic or wet wool. I held it up to the window, where the afternoon light was failing, turning the glass a bruised purple. The second hand ticked with a mechanical indifference that felt like a personal insult. I am Elias. I am forty-two years old, and I am dying in a city that does...

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