Nathan Dantoin

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“Cache” by Nathan Dantoin

Submitted to Contest #271

A beadless rosary, a rusted railway tie, four pennies (1912, 1972, and 1968: twice), a padlock key wrapped in twine, and a treble hook red/white crankbait. Cache’s metal detector had returned the small haul swiftly before sunset. The end of the peninsula was cleared for the day and he tightened the drawstring pouch at his waist. The walk back to the harbormaster’s shack was a short walk across the rainbow bridge.The happiest folk spent the better part of fifty years clamping a myriad of styles of padlocks to the bridge. The saddest among the...

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