lovely mild if overcast today, was able to read all of the new TOLLING ELVES namely "Not Even" by Kit Robinson (w/ photograph by Ericka McConnell), walking it back from the mailbox, old skill, flipping the fragile newsprint pages, enjoying the hand-eye challenge, turning into from the breezes, here's one--

"THE SOUND OF CAR DOORS CLOSING

The sound of car door closing and voices from the street.
An engine starts up, revving to pull away. Down to the
corner and gone. In the silence that follows, train whistle
sounds. Who listens? Then jet noise over head. Who stays
behind to report? And who, in some other time and place,
quietly waits to hear word?"