Dead Malls and Long Summers with Peter Cetera

If you leave me now

Steffany Ritchie
4 min readFeb 1, 2024
Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

I work in the dead mall, off of the old highway that no one uses anymore. The only food here is an Auntie Anne’s and a crappy pizza place. Both have food that is perpetually five hours old.

But in the parking lot there is a beacon of light and spice on a hot summer’s day - Taco Bell.

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Steffany Ritchie

Hi, I write memoir, humor, music, and pop culture. American in Scotland.