A Stunted Stem
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A prose short story involving a young man named Joseph who meets an older man on the street called Stilts. They talk and start to walk together to a direction Joseph is unsure of. At the end, Joseph encounters a change that, although seemingly insignificant, is truly profound and disheartening.
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