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Mark Mordue
Aug 28, 2025
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I get on the train at Town Hall Station.

It’s not been a long wait at the platform - but I am restless on my feet, pacing about, staring up the screen times and destinations.

An old woman sitting at a bench calls out to me. I don’t hear what she says.

I raise my head and my eyes upwards like I am asking her a question.

She speaks again. “Are you right?”

“Yea…

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