The train was late. The 4:05 under 37th Street was still nowhere to be seen at 4:09, but none of the handful of us waiting on the concrete under the buzzing lights were getting antsy or glancing at watches and mumbling curses. We were too enthralled in the drama playing out before us. A man…
Tag: Contemporary
Another Pin in the Map
THE LITTLE GIRL IN fleece teddy bear pajamas sniffs and looks up at her father through long lashes. “But I don’t want you to go, Daddy.” The man swipes a tear from her cheek with a calloused thumb and grins down at her from where he sits on the edge of her bed. “I know,…