They were simply sitting there, each on their own bench, completely oblivious to each other.  Two lifetimes of memories faintly lingered behind them like a vague mist in their minds.  One wondering if there was more than this to life, the other wondering what good they had accomplished in theirs.  Two strangers, two thoughts.  The cold was getting deeper as one shivered and the other waited patiently.  Day after day they came here, yet never noticed each other.  Some would say they were permanent fixtures.  Two lifetimes of memories eager to be shared, yet neither glance ever crossed over.  Four generations of families forever disjointed.

 

Then came one day when one of them never showed up again.  Not long after, neither did the other.  And all of a sudden, nothing happened.

 

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