Fatalist Vision of Fame Collides With Bridge Tragedy
In a café scene in Milton, engineers Robert Chane and Donald Blare discuss fate and legacy. Blare, a rising journalist, learns he will become a foreign news reporter from Berlin, while Chane reveals his doomed gamble on a vast bridge at Fatal Canyon. The collapsed bridge ends Chane's dream as Blare departs.
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Robert Chane
Chane
Blare
Bob
Don
Donald Blare
Blaze
Edison
Lindbergh
Blandson and Smith
Brandson
Smith
T’va
Berlin
Blandson
Chane Speed
Milton
Passing Faces From A Window Shop
I observe a small crowd outside my shop on 28th and 12th as an old man nearing life’s end, a middle aged discontent woman, a joyful child, and a friend greet me with warmth. I ponder their missions or stations as torch-bearers of life pass by.