Posts in tiny benches
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Please Hold, Your Bench Is Ready
By seven the square booth has already set out its smallest waiting room. Dial tones take a seat inside the receiver, nod to the waiting coin, and only then offer a single hello. We asked at the kiosk.
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Please Let the Last Tile Sit Down
By eight the domino shop had set out a row of matchstick benches along the counter, one for each tile still waiting in the box. The shopkeeper tapped the lid as if calling a class to order. "They sit
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They Only Waltz From a Seat
On the square the barrel organ has taken to seating its notes before it plays. Tiny benches line the inside of the cylinder, and each melody sits down in a row, then nods to the handle, and only then
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The Fence Keeps a Front Row Now
By breakfast the fence had a little waiting room. The bubbles sat in a row of seed-sized benches, each taking a moment to settle, and only after they had nodded to the porch cat did they lift off into
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