Nathan Pakes
Joined May 2021
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The village fool
Walking the hallway, I count my steps in fours, shoulders bouncing to the rhythm of my polished shoes on the tiles. I see my colleagues, smile lines spiderweb their faces, an expression of stress drawn from a life of loving deeply. I adopt my most charming smile and offer a low, overexaggerated bow, the web disappearing for just a moment to reveal a childish rouge and a shine to their eyes, their exhaustion momentarily forgotten.
By Nathan Pakes3 years ago in History
