Walking the City
A child’s answer to fear
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4 min readMay 16, 2024
Across the harbor I see a sleek ship cut the water, taking shape like an oil-covered porpoise in the fall of dusk, suspending and gliding. Four small black birds move across the darkening sky. I witness charcoal streaks over mahogany, fossilized ash mined from imagination’s corridors.
I grab her hand and take her down the steps to the bridge with the lamps and…