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Primarily in the poems, political issues are visited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first short story, Markers, a newly married woman confronts the controlling behavior exhibited by her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poem Take Off reveals the universal fear of flying. In the poem Nobody Knows, a woman reflects on how she appears to others - looking crazy? - in the airport as she walks back and forth looking for the ground transportation sign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Remembering Caracas, the narrator is waiting in a Rhode Island train station and notices a provocative sentence built into the tile floor: I travel not to get someplace but travel for travel's sake. This exemplifies all the stories in this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(About the Author)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRetired teacher Frances Webb has written many short stories over the years and plans her next book to be another short story collection. 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