Anatoly Kudryavitsky
Dublin, Ireland

A Suspension of Time

Little strip of eternity . . .

—Robert Lowell

Soon after leaving the station the train pauses on a bridge. The night is devoid of sound. The nearby posts have numbers and yellow markings. A falling star stops and reinvents itself as a signal light. A brighter light highlights the entrance to a café. Across the street, a huge screen shows through the haze. A "Coca-Cola" ad has been swallowed, an ad for a film disgorged.

after dusk it shines,
the hotel called "The End
of the Millennium"