The Station Cat

Trapeze is by far the most interesting thing about this station, something to focus on other than the train being late yet again. He is a calico cat about two years in age, with large patches of orange and brown over his flank and face. If it is a particularly bad day for delays, of which there are many, some would-be passengers like to imagine faces and images in Trapeze’s thick, rich fur. It sure beats passing the time looking at the bridge crumbling over the tracks, or the way the uneven plat...