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(a short story)

After her mother finally died, Muriel decided it was time to learn how to play pool.*

Alpine, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021

*A short story. I didn’t actually, you know, talk to the pool players.

Niño Tomás

A tiny hand-made concrete marker where niño Tomás lies. And behind him, someone else’s wood cross has fallen to the ground.

Alpine, Texas
photographed 3.26.2021

Behind the Legion Post

No surprise here: I walked around the back of the American Legion to see whatever I could see. And I found a little array of chairs and a nice tree shadow. It was worth the 142* extra steps.

Alpine, Texas
photographed 12.23.2018

*Estimated amount. I actually have no idea.

Stop at Cow Dog

The stop sign’s shadow adds a subliminal message, maybe, to the front of the food truck.

On a side note, I did not eat there, but only because it was closed.

Alpine, Texas
photographed 12.23.2018

Pipe rail gate, almost invisible

A sliver of a pipe-rail gate anchors the desert, while clouds slowly build.

But it doesn’t rain.

near Alpine, Texas
photographed 7.10.2015