Novel of the little box book

They ride the train through blackened turf. Melinda bitches with gusto. Nick finds it excites him. He leans toward the rise of flesh inside her shirt and she pushes him back. She loves him but knows it isn't modern, so she punishes, punishes the rotten spot. Pigeons circle the park.

Little box vanish
appear
we re proud
of her care-
ful careful