Tag: The only ones who know
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Fired
11 Jan, 2017 — Ann Arbor, Michigan Waking up is like tearing himself out of a chrysalis of covers and confusion. In the world he inhabits, composed of one part waking and two parts dream, the struggle seems to last forever. It takes forever for Bill Geisler to even remember who and where he is,…
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Whitmore Lake
11 January, 2017 — Whitmore Lake, Michigan The territory around I-94 in the no-man’s-land between Jackson and Chelsea is mostly open fields. Wind can basically come all the way from the North Pole and have nothing to slow it down but barbed wire. And with how cold it’s been, the snow that fell a week…
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The only ones who know
January, 2017 — Grass Lake Charter Township, Jackson County, Michigan Patrick Leonard walks restlessly around the big common room of the Cedar Knoll retirement community. At this time of the afternoon on a Wednesday there would normally be at least a few people in here relaxing or working on small projects. Today, however, it is…
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It’s happening again
5 January, 2017 — Ann Arbor, Michigan By the time Bill Geisler wakes up for his new work week, it’s four-thirty in the afternoon and sunset is only a couple hours away. He sits on the edge of the bed to collect himself, then forces himself to get up and open the light shades. Westering…
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Arriving
4 October, 2016 — Ann Arbor, Michigan Geisler is just getting his jacket on in the room that serves as an office and break area for security staff, when the door opens and Shawn comes back in, looking glum. “What’s going on?” Bill asks him. “You forget something?” Shawn should be taking his place at…
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Routine
October, 2016 — Ann Arbor, Michigan This late in the year the sun doesn’t come up until seven, an hour after the end of Bill Geisler’s shift at the Comerica Building. He hasn’t bothered to ask about extending his hours further. It was hard enough convincing the building management to give him a shift-and-a-half at…
The Wolverine Truck Stop and Motor Lodge 