Thursday, May 1, 2025

The Bridge

 

They loved the restaurant because it was cozy, the staff was friendly, the food was exquisite. It was walking distance from home, so they treated themselves to a weekly treat- a block to the bridge, with the restaurant right on the other side.

The bridge was always there, but never the same. Sometimes a suspension bridge, or a covered bridge, once it was a railway trestle.

Under the bridge, too, was unpredictable, sometimes rivers or highways. The day it was a rope bridge with alligators snapping in a moat below was memorable.

They liked how it kept their routine fresh.

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