The Wistful Petal

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The Wistful Petal

The brass key is heavy in my hand, cold enough to burn. It hangs from a leather cord that has frayed at the knot, a small, jagged thing that matches the state of the lecture hall where I stand. The room is empty. The chairs are stacked in the corners, plastic scraping against linoleum that has curled up at the edges like dead skin. I am forty-two. I have been a professor of architectural...

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