Gabriel Ascending (a short story) from bow stern meaning Watch Video
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Description: This story grew out of a real incident. Some years ago, I was seated one winter afternoon in a half-empty subway car on the uptown IRT, when the doors opened and a troupe of kindergarten-age kids filed in. Bringing up the rear was a young woman--their teacher, I assumed--who spoke the words that begin my story. “Step up, and keep those butterflies in your pocket!” she commanded. Nothing that the kids did subsequently shed even a glimmer on her meaning and intent, and I exited the subway a fe
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