The Silver Dodge
7 min readJun 6, 2019
The family was gathered in the living room, a small space compared to the dimensions of the house, but it was the room everyone settled into each day after dinner. It was also the room the kids will one day, smoke their first cigarettes in, and make other intimate excursions. A sectional sofa lined three walls, circling the room’s central occupant on the fourth wall, the television set. The sofas were made with thick foam, and covered in faux velour in solid…