Oh, Never Mind

I was leaving Denver, flying home. The morning had started out gray and wet, and the temperature had been dropping steadily all day. As I dropped the rental car off, the rain turned to snow. Once I was inside the airport and thru security, I stopped at a window to watch the snow fall. It felt good to be inside.

A bank of shiny stainless steel telephone booths lined the sloping hallway that led to my gate. I noticed a man in one. He stuck out from the rest.

He held the phone tightly and had a stressed look on his face. Sitting in the phone carrousel with the sound-proofed stainless steel around him, he was mostly concealed except from people walking by directly by.

I walked directly by.

But I'm only trying to..., he was saying. He never finished the sentence.

Oh, never mind, he sighed. Then he hung up.

And just as I was about to pass out of range, I heard him mutter and cuss to himself.

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