The Deleted Scenes

The Deleted Scenes

Going Nowhere Fast

An intersection, and a Rorschach test

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Addison Del Mastro
Dec 07, 2021
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About 15 minutes from my home is a major intersection in Fairfax, Virginia. There’s a Korean supermarket on one corner, a bank and 7-11 on the other side, and another bank and a gas station on the other two corners. This is an intersection between U.S. 50, the original east-west access route into Washington, D.C. and a major commercial strip in Fairfax,…

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