Real Fiction / Nicolae Popescu, Augustin Bănică, Monica Ciurea, translated by Eduard Mihai Uretu: Stories to Be Read at the Train Station

Nicolae PopescuA boy and a girl are kissing long at the train door. The boy’s inside the train, and the girl’s on the platform, holding his hand tight as if he’s off to the army. The train whistle sounds, lasting longer than the kiss. Vera and Pricop squeeze in next to them. Vera gives him a nudge: that’s how we used to kiss …