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Fading Summer

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

I’m remembering railroad tracks skirting the Hudson, a bridge crossing leading down to the river. We stand there in the summer dusk, watching the sleek streamliners pass under. Shades of gray and blue and white lightning stripes. They slip past…

Penn Station

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

Penn Station in New York had been cleared down to the business end. The grand edifice, grander some said than its uptown rival Grand Central Terminal, had been leveled. Actually, it was like something beautiful had been scraped off the…

Danny and Bets

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

He took her hand, “I’m sorry you feel that way. I would have hoped you’d understand.” “What’s to understand? We’ve been together since, well since we shouldn’t have been together.” She was crying a little now, “But I know, I…

Break-up Time Machine Prompt

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

He took her hand, “I’m sorry you feel that way. I would have hoped you’d understand.” “What’s to understand? We’ve been together since, well since we shouldn’t have been together.” She was crying a little now, “But I know, I…

NIGHT ON THE CARDINAL

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

Creeping through darkened towns Trying to picture people, traffic, bustle Its 2am but you’re not sleepy The porter wants to make up the bed but you’d rather sit up He mumbles something and returns to his own compartment to sleep…

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