The Faded Quadrant

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Pension Application Form 402. Status: Denied. Reason: Discrepancy in service record, 1988-1992. I stood before the desk, the humidity of the basin pressing against my chest like a wet wool blanket, and watched the clerk stamp the paper with a red seal that looked like a wound. My name, Bo Zhu, was typed in the header, but the ink seemed to have spread, blurring the strokes of my surname until I...

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