Divide

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fantastical near future, future Civil War, race in the US

Camp Scene, Cooks at Work, circa 1863, US National Archives, flickr

Dear Mother,

Please accept these fragrant magnolia flowers Beulah has dried for you. She wishes our political differences would not divide us. She says you are still aggrieved over my decision to defend the Southern redoubt, that I have betrayed my race.

Your Henry

Pensacola Lighthouse, July 18, 2040