The Distant Wound

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The Distant Wound

The rejection notice lay on the desk, the paper thin and gray, smelling of the industrial bleach they used in the Bureau’s basement. I read it three times, the ink smearing slightly where my thumb had rested. It cited a procedural error in my final audit, a code I did not recognize, a violation that had not been committed. Outside the window, the rain tapped against the glass with a rhythmic,...

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