Mark Cunningham  nightlightnight Mel Nichols
 

 

11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Xeroxing, lunch, the gym, waiting in line for a movie, varicose veins.  So much for standing on my own two feet.  I have nothing to do with time, everything to do with clocks.  So I lay out activities like dominoes to keep the minutes clattering forward:  Xeroxing, lunch, the gym, rubbing my varicose veins.  A moment comes when I notice that no one stalling at the bus stop or scanning the Style section touches the ground directly; their shoes hover, as if over a hole.  The Earth rumbles.  Others come emerging from the ground.  I move to catch the next train.   
 

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