This was on a scrap of paper on my wall for months. \u00a0It was part of an attempt at new songwriting processes. \u00a0I’m not sure whether it worked or not. \u00a0The passage still describes Chicago, even if the characters have changed a bit.<\/p>\n
“A commonly observed phenomenon: during the early evening hour, trains, crowded, predominantly by young white men carrying attache cases, pass trains headed in the opposite direction, crowded, predominantly by middle-aged black women carrying brown paper bags. \u00a0Neither group, it appears, glances at the other.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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