Chalk

political discourse on an empty landscape

September 10, 2025

6:10 pm, Draper station

The platform is empty, awash in the distant sounds of highway and wind. A scooter buzzing past makes me jump. I see large clouds being forced north over Lone Peak by stiff winds. Charlie Kirk has been killed at UVU! Jenn came in as we were finishing our lunch and told us. “Too close to home!” she exclaimed. “Not …