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A letter from EliNew York, United States

The seat on the bus.

For most of winter, the same man sat across from me on the early bus. He carried a lunch box wrapped in a tea towel. We nodded, then looked out of our separate windows.

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A letter from LuisIllinois, United States

A place at the counter.

The first time I went into the diner, I ordered coffee because it was the only word I was certain I could pronounce. The woman behind the counter poured it without asking a second question.

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