The Distant Garden

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2026-08-25 08:43:06 -

My hands were already under the lintel when the light came through the window, grey and thin as tallow. The mortar was cold. I did not care. The stone was warm. It hummed against my knuckles, a low vibration that traveled up my arms and settled in the hollow of my throat. I was mixing the paste with the last of the lime, my fingers slick and red, the smell of wet dust and old iron filling the...

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