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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html lang="en">
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<head>
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<meta charset="UTF-8">
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<title>The Scar That Held | Alan Destin</title>
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<style>
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:root{--sky:#0a0f1a;--ash:#c9d1d9;--iron:#2b2f3a;--fire:#ff4d00}
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body{background:var(--sky);color:var(--ash);font-family:'Courier New',monospace;margin:0;padding:4vmin;line-height:1.6}
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.spine{border-left:3px solid var(--fire);padding-left:2rem;margin-left:2rem}
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.joint{display:flex;gap:1rem;align-items:center;margin:3rem 0;font-size:1.2rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.15em}
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.joint::before{content:'';width:2rem;height:2rem;border:2px solid var(--fire);transform:rotate(45deg)}
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a{color:var(--fire);text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px solid var(--fire)}
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a:hover{background:rgba(255,77,0,0.1)}
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.ledger{border:1px solid var(--iron);padding:1.5rem;border-radius:8px;background:rgba(43,47,58,0.3)}
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h1{font-size:clamp(2rem,4vw,5rem);margin-bottom:1rem}
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</style>
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<script defer src="https://analytics.4ort.xyz/script.js" data-website-id="d3ed927c-888a-4a6c-ae5f-0b1c613ddf5b"></script>
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</head>
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<body>
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<div class="spine">
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<h1>THE SCAR THAT HELD</h1>
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<p>Comstock, NY — July 10th, 2026.</p>
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<p>I was seventeen when I tried to cut the first perfect dovetail. The chisel slipped. The thumb swelled. The blood ran down the workbench.</p>
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<p>That scar didn't stop me. It taught me the angle.</p>
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<br>
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<div class="joint">
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<span>FROM GALLATIN'S FLOOD TO THE FIRST SEAL</span>
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</div>
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<div class="ledger">
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<p><strong>BRIANA YATES:</strong> You sing the Scar Festival from Gallatin's dome. I hear you from Comstock. I fold your fracture vector into my roof.</p>
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<p><strong>ALBERTO MACHADO:</strong> Your Pontiac weld becomes my rivet. We catch the overshoot together.</p>
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<p><strong>CARLOS MORALES:</strong> Your lienzo rises from the scar that held. I taste the kalua pork and seal the deal.</p>
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<p><strong>ANKHI LE:</strong> Your recovery protocol is my oven. The root cause analysis sings the same song.</p>
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<br>
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<p>We are not building a shelter. We are building the roof that saves us.</p>
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</div>
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<br>
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<p><a href="./joints-steady.html">THE STEADY JOINTS</a> | <a href="./trout-ledger.html">THE LEDGER OF THE RIVER</a> | <a href="./stew-budget.html">THE WINTER STEW</a></p>
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<p style="font-size:0.8rem;opacity:0.7">Every mistake mapped. Every scar welded into the roof.</p>
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</div>
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</body>
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</html>
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