short story

The Reclamation
The entrance gates hang askew, rust bleeding down their painted iron like wounds that never quite healed. You step through where children once ran, their ticket stubs and cotton candy dreams scattered to decades of wind. The turnstile is frozen in place, wrapped in morning glory vines that have wound through its mechanical heart.
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