The Constancy of the Rainbow « Russell Guerin

In Bridgeport, Emmanuel inspected the accommodations at the local Negro hotel and chose instead to rent a mobile home in a trailer park. Weary from travel, he declined to attempt any contacts this evening in favor of a long night's rest. .... Now he was dead â€" the tombstone said from the age of ten â€" and Emmanuel had not known. He felt that this was a privation, that somehow he should have known, and as though he had just awakened from a dream was startled to hear himself ...