Smithereens Press Chapbooks 'Zero at the Bone' by David Wheatley | Page 22

MCALLISTER
They’re shifting?
MCDONALD
Underfoot.
MCALLISTER
It’s the strong east winds.
MCDONALD
It’s history. The train brought in supplies...
MCALLISTER
You never step into the same road twice,
never mind river.
MCDONALD
... in the First World War.
MCALLISTER
There’s a turntable, or just its scar.
MCDONALD
Zeppelins used to pass and rain down slaughter.
MCALLISTER
I think the turntable is underwater.
MCDONALD
They used a sound mirror to intercept
transmissions.
MCALLISTER
There are ways but no way out. We’re trapped.
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