The Distant Wound

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The Distant Wound

The chandeliers in the State banquet hall did not flicker with the random stutter of failing wiring, but with the slow, arrhythmic throb of a heart that had forgotten how to stop beating. I sat at the head of the table, the silverware cold against my fingers, waiting for the quiet dignity of my final retirement dinner to arrive, yet the air around me hummed with a frequency that matched the...

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