Stories tagged travel

New Questions of Travel

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Watching water fall in the longest waterfall/ becomes immediately tedious

Leaving

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Madrid was harsh and loud. Traffic-clogged wide boulevards, blaring horns, the smell of diesel exhaust, sun beating down on concrete and stone. Desolate pigeons atop an enormous bronze monument to a dead conquerer in the Plaza Mayor. All imperial and martial, vainglorious…

AND I WILL REMAIN AS CAUTIOUS AS EVER

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We’re on the phone dead battery & I want this to last forever. The last thing I want to do is make decisions.

For all we know, we'll never meet again...

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Jillian speeds across the stone wall, the hem of her dress flaps violently behind her. Sometimes she stands with her back fully erect letting perpetual motion guide her down a bend with her sun blonde locks brightening the dreary sky, or she lurches her

On the Train

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Japanese college kid on a student visa walks up and down the aisle in the latest hipster uniform trying too hard to look cool & as American as possible. A living mannequin escaped from an Urban Outfitter store, pink and black tight knit hoodie New York Yankees baseball…

Fragile Things

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She asks me what she should do, and I say I don't know because I'm no good at handling fragile things. She says, let's talk about you. I say I can't - phone signal, you know. She calls me anyway, twice, then leaves a message saying that she just wanted to

Decalogue

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Proceed, Governor. Venice is underwater. Women have stopped fainting, bestowing us dowries.

This Train Is Bound For Paoli: A Multiple Choice Essay

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Train 664 leaves Thirtieth Street Station bound for New York City at 10:55. Concurrently, Train 663 leaves the station, headed for Harrisburg. Both trains are, confusingly, called The Keystone.If Mark and I have tickets for Train 664 because we plan to…

The Blistering Continent

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So as the train thundered through a backdrop of palms, skewered yellowish squid on grills and Wi-Fi leaking out into the jaws of the 76 provinces...

Endless

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Endless. I find this story.Beginning. To walk.Repeating. Repeating.The Memory. Of snow.Amsterdam. Rivers narrow.Hearts. Divide.Hands. Emboldened.Patronizing. Unpatriotic.Semblance. House held open.Forging. The ties…

The Book

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The following is a true story, or rather it is a true experience from the story of my life. Some say that just because something happens doesn’t really make it “true”.

Mexican Audio

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Chromio citrio sticky-floored furio...

Steps

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He deplaned Air France flight 9 from JFK to Charles de Gaulle airport at quarter past noon.

I'm Drinking This Cup Of Coffee (A.K.A.) I've Never Smoked A Joint

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I thought about how chocolate or an hour massage, can almost trump sex. Then, I bought a chocolate bar and ate it all, without consulting the serving size. It was dark chocolate, 82%, worth it in the short term--- mmmm. I thought about getting stoned.

Roads of Thailand

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Plumped ivory, blushing fingertips jeweled with beach grains