Underpass

Take one. Then another. Take a union brother. A coal miner. Go down. Take a man down. Take money, a handful of cash. Take his hand, lead him across one line, then another. Smile. I give you this, you give me that. A transaction. We pass others on our way down. A quiet party. Those going up. Those going down. The largest growing party. The party of passing smiles.


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