The Loss of a Frequency
Cimone borrows a car for the drive to the airport, an old green Chevy that belongs to a friend, even though it has been more than a year since she has been behind the wheel. A familiar song comes on the jittery FM radio, and she resists the urge to sing along: bronchitis, laryngitis, and the gig on Friday. At the gas station where she stops to put twenty in the tank, she picks up a magazine, turns a few pages, considers buying a pack of cigarettes. Her sister, Elsa, might enjoy one after an hour and a half on the plane from St. Louis. She might not. Cimone buys the cigarettes and puts the...
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