A Prohibition Ballad.
“He taught me how to love but not how to stop.” — Anonymous
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6 min readMar 29, 2024
The following is based on a true story…
…The eardrum-shattering dual reports of the .38 slugs resonate across the decades in this place. On stormy nights at the strike of 1:24 AM you can hear their echo — surrounded by a pungent, otherworldly scent of red roses in full bloom — through what is now The…