M. Leigh Patterson

HIM

The city was growing, construction never stopped. Everything was changing, everything was dirty and loud. They just shipped off the somewhat homeless Irish section of town to make room for more new buildings. And Seneca Village was being taken over to become some grand park. 1950’s New York City was a dirty mess. And John had lost his sense of joy a long time ago. He was walking home from his job in the NYC tunnels. He was lamenting over how much he used to enjoy his walk through the quaint neighborhoods of before. He was beginning to feel anger over things lost when he tripped over a large black book.