'Odd' was the best word for it. They were rarely at home together. Martin struggled to remember what they did all day. His parents formed a family unit that functioned fine without him, and he found himself at a loss as to who … Enthralled, he asked his mother for her car keys and scrounged up a dollar-fifty out of the change jar. …. As he drove on, children riding bikes in the street became increasingly scarce; cars with flat tires and empty cans of gasoline proliferated. …

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“In The Neighborhood” by Jon Stewart Mosman – The Blogs at …