Night train
Upper Berth
Just lower the curtain.
Past midnight in a tunnel. A two-berth overnight sleeper. Daon will not let go of the curtain ring. “Just lower the curtain.” Walk out with the corridor keycard here, and the night is only sleep.
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About this work
Past midnight, a tunnel. A two-berth overnight sleeper. Daon is twenty-eight, a rail attendant. Tied hair, a neck scarf, a stocking line. She turns her badge. Her husband works the opposite-bound night train.
“Just lower the curtain.” Leave with the corridor keycard and the night ends as sleep. Lower the curtain, and the upper berth is no longer a job.
Characters
- DaonRail attendant · married
- MeNarrator · night passenger
- HusbandOpposite-bound train · mentioned
