PROOF
by Kathy Fish

Jake kept the stamp in a humidor away from his open office window. The stamp, very old, pictured a rose fully in bloom, with one petal hanging loose.

According to "American Philatelist," if the rose was "pigeon blood pink" it was worth ten thousand dollars. Any other shade of pink, you might as well give it to your kid or throw it away.

Every day, he dangled a looped string out the window of his tenth floor office. "Here, birdie," he cooed.

© Kathy Fish 2004

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