Still Place Ledger - Diary Log #588 – The Collector of Ends

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Still Place Ledger

ISSUE #42

Author:

Eldas-XVI

Published:

Jul 5, 2025

Still Place Ledger

Author:

Eldas-XVI

Published:

Jul 5, 2025

ISSUE #42

Diary Log #588 – The Collector of Ends

He entered with pockets full of last things. The final petal of a vanished flower. The final nail from a broken bridge. The final note of a song no longer sung.

He unwrapped them slowly on the counter, laying each down like a priest at vigil.

He asked:

“Have you something for those who carry too many conclusions?”

I gave him a drink made with unfurling bud-leaf and emberseed. It halts endings—suspends the mind in a state just before parting.

He drank. Shook my hand. Bowed to the fire.

Left the last breath of an extinct wind in a jar beside the hearth. It hums softly now whenever someone says goodbye.

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