The Story of a Young Woman in a Bar

George went to a bar where people were drunk and rowdy, and he remained separate and alien. The bartender said that merle was dead. She'd had an argument with a boy friend and he'd shot her. George began to get the fee ing that jinny had instructed them not to tell him anything. He drove along the border with kentucky, travelling west. It was the same route he'd taken when he'd stopped in that one bar town to shelter from the storm but in the opposite direction. Retracing his steps was a habit of his, a way to navigate his life. This time, there was vacancy in the only hotel,. He paid for a room