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The Gap
Where a building was, there’s now a parking lot filling in the gap.
We lived in New Orleans for a few years; when we first got there, someone gave us these directions: Go up Canal Street, and turn right where the bakery used to be.
Not helpful. Not one bit.
New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 1.8.2016
Candle Can’t Escape

Down a little street called Pirate Alley, and in the shadow of St. Louis Cathedral, there’s a certain candle being held captive on a wooden table. A silvery chain blocks its escape.
But, if it DID escape, where would it go?
in the French Quarter
New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 1.8.2016
PS – Tom Robbins’ book Skinny Legs and All was (apparently) in my mind when I wrote this.



