still passenger

the still passenger sits on a train, on the window seat, in the middle of a long car. these are the days when there were drive-in movie theaters dotted across the landscape. at dusk, the images on the screen appear off in the distance. the images presented here are those which are glimpsed, the ones that still her thoughts. the train rolls along. the landscape seems to move, but doesn't. the still passenger sits alone with her snapshots in her mind. she's filling in the spaces.

September 15, 2012

there is a man on the right with his head tilted up. he is clearly looking at something or someone. he may have a startled look. he looks up to the left beyond the frame. there is a calendar hanging on the wall on his right shoulder. i can only make out the number 19 as the day. it is dark. a bright light shines on his throat. do you remember that light?