Tram
Depot
Lower the pantograph only.
After the last inbound, the city tram depot. Chohui will not drop the pantograph rope. “Lower the pantograph only.” Walk out through the inspection pit here, and the night is just lights-out.
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After the last inbound. The city tram depot. Ozone and grease hit first. Chohui is thirty, a tram driver and night mechanic. Her uniform tie is loose, short bob, grease on her hands. Her husband's roster is on another line.
She will not drop the pantograph rope. “Lower the pantograph only.” Leave through the inspection pit and the night ends as lights-out. Stay in the empty car, and it stops being lights-out.
Characters
- ChohuiTram driver · night mechanic · married woman
- MeNarrator · night inspector
- HusbandAnother line · mentioned
