I found this fascinating. I’d guessed it was an airport when you mentioned the marble floor, but even so, the last line seems slightly flippant given the previous text. The pathos you’ve spent time building is discarded quite casually; that’s not bad, but here it’s a little bit of a shame.

Perhaps that last line could have been handled differently, but I still enjoyed the piece generally, the tone was executed brilliantly, and it certainly got me thinking… Bravo :)

Let me ponder on that last line a bit more. maybe i can make it work

edited.

Nicely done staying very much within this lowly and tragic perspective. And I think that’s the first time I’ve seen ‘festinating’ outside of a Neurology lecture.

Airport? dunno airports. Neurology? dunno dat neider.
Festinate is not in my Pocket Oxford, but I assume from my knowledge of Latin that it means “hurry” and I may have to be crediting you with a brilliant invention here. Worth a fiver even if I don’t like the subject.