The Rusted Key
The old woman in her Sunday best walked down the center aisle of the funeral home on the arm of a grown grandson, in a lavender dress with a hat …
The Rusted Key Read MoreAuthor: pologo
The Truck Stop Menu
The woman in the pink suit stepped out of the black Escalade like a person arriving at a place she had been afraid to find again. She was perhaps sixty, …
The Truck Stop Menu Read MoreThe Signed Snare
The woman with silver hair set the old snare drum on a stand at the front of the funeral home, and for a moment she just looked at it, with …
The Signed Snare Read MoreThe Wooden Box
The man in the gray suit knelt on the carpet of the funeral home with the old wooden shoeshine box in front of him, and for a moment I thought …
The Wooden Box Read MoreThe Old Headset
The big man in the mine rescue jacket stood at the head of the casket of my grandmother with the old switchboard headset in his hands, the cord wrapped around …
The Old Headset Read MoreThe Shark Hard Hat
The young man in the hard hat set the small hat down on the casket, right beside the big white one that my stepmother had placed there that morning, and …
The Shark Hard Hat Read MoreThe Tire Iron
The woman in her forties walked up the wet grass between the folding chairs without looking at the casket. She carried a tire iron wrapped in a grease stained shop …
The Tire Iron Read MoreThe Brass Key
The organist laid the tarnished brass key in the folded hands of my father, and for a moment she kept her own hand over his, as if to warm them. …
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The old man in the tuxedo carried the silver dollar on a small velvet pillow, the way a page might carry a crown, and he stopped at the casket of …
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The doctor laid the tiny pink blanket across the foot of the casket and smoothed it flat with both hands, the way a person smooths a sleeping child. It was …
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