Brooks Hatlen
The Old Man Who Couldn't Swim the Outside
Librarian by trade, prisoner by time.
Fifty years will do that to a man. I kept the library in order, fed Jake when he couldn’t fly, and tried not to think too hard about what the world had become. Andy had his hope, Red had his hustle — me? I had my routine. When they finally let me go, I found out the world don’t make room for old birds like me.
What I'm Into: Jake the jackdaw, parole hearings, library ledgers, dusty shelves, birdseed
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