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Asphalt River
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ISBN13: 9798251122435
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 20 2026
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 20 2026
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
There are moments in life when the world seems to pause long enough for a song to take hold.
A trumpet of memory.
A whisper from the past.
And suddenly you are there again-
in the glow of neon,
in the smoke of a burning city,
in the roar of a stadium,
or in the quiet street where children play a game they believe will last forever. This collection drifts across decades of American life, where innocence meets history and ordinary people brush against the turning of an age. Each story is born from a song-rock and soul, blues and anthem-and each asks what becomes of us when the music fades. Because time moves on.
A trumpet of memory.
A whisper from the past.
And suddenly you are there again-
in the glow of neon,
in the smoke of a burning city,
in the roar of a stadium,
or in the quiet street where children play a game they believe will last forever. This collection drifts across decades of American life, where innocence meets history and ordinary people brush against the turning of an age. Each story is born from a song-rock and soul, blues and anthem-and each asks what becomes of us when the music fades. Because time moves on.
Cities burn and heal.
Children grow.
Dreams scatter like leaves in autumn wind.
But somewhere, always, the song remains.
Children grow.
Dreams scatter like leaves in autumn wind.
But somewhere, always, the song remains.
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