Without Words

The Lamplighter glowed — a fond memory,soft at the edges,easy to miss if you weren’t looking. Busy at noon,businessmen seizing burgers and brews.Bustling at four,friends cracking pressure valves and unwinding. But after dark the mood plunged,the crowd dwindled.An aging woman writing in her journal.Two solitary strangers.And Theo, the bartender,serving drinksand polishing glasses. The bar was […]
