Posts Tagged ‘ Amtrak ’

Duet by Joanne Lowery

We lift our heads from our computer screens throughout the day: Amtrak’s whistle a whiff of the world passing through town. Where would we rather be than at our desks? But the guy who failed to outrace the 4:15 had no job, in a hurry anyway, and we had already flex-timed ourselves home...
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Sniper-Man! Sniper-Man! Does Whatever a Sniper Can by April Fitzsimmons, Sgt. USAF (1985-1989)

LOS ANGELES, CA – “I was a sniper,” he said. “But you’re out now?” “Yeah. I did six years but I’ll probably re-enlist.” “Why?” I asked. “He’s got kids,” Galley-man hollered from his post. I was charging my lap-top down in the galley and at the next stop in Chico, Sniper-man got off to...
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