Chimera
A story in exactly 50 words
This 50-word piece was inspired by Justin Deming’s bi-monthly challenge of “Fifties by the Fire.” Justin’s “Along the Hudson” is found here
Chimera
In the bleak of night, a streak of light hurtles toward me.
It throws me back with a sudden smack of displaced air
and a deafening hiss.
Stumbling along the rumbling rails, how I long to board that train,
that chain of speeding clatter! Destination doesn’t matter.
Let me on!
Train, train, take me anywhere! There's something about those clacking wheels.
Trains are captivating to me, for some reason. Since I was a boy. They still are.