2024-08-29 09:44
"Henry's arm, his jewelled and heavy sleeve, trails across the table; an ink blot forms by Weston's name, and blooms there; it unfolds, a solitary black flower, and forty years slide into ink-dark. His face does not change, he can trust it for that, but he is a child now, and standing, arms folded, feet planted apart in the posture of a man."