Stories tagged “coat”

  • Memory Eyes

    Quite simply Your eyes used to be my life So to the man working At the coat check desk Don’t lose this one Ten thousand faces Till yours meets mine Someone get me a mic You need to know what it’s been like To never have you in my eyesight A...

  • A Warm Coat

    “Take my coat,” he said, offering the garment to a shivering girl. She couldn’t be any older than sixteen, and yet the streets treated her no differently. At first she refused the hospitality, but John’s persistence finally won ...

  • A Warm Heart

    Jess had always been alone in the streets. Ever since she could remember. It wasn’t a bad life, at least not so far. In any event, it could be much worse. At least, that’s how she thought of it. That all changed today. Today she met someone...

  • A Dead End

    The crowded streets began thinning out as night fell over the world. The day denizens replaced by the night. One wrong turn can offer a personal introduction to these darker inhabitants. John, still lost in thought and still bouncing in his shoes, took...