this church the oldest in the
community its grounds had a vibe he couldnt placecouldnt say
was sacred
it seemed to be holdingdisguising a disturbing secret
that was his feeling
it seemed to be holdingdisguising a disturbing secret
that was his feeling
why he felt as he did had precedent
he was seduced by a churchgoer whose daughter was attending Bible class she had an hour to burn and didnt want to venture too far because shed only have to turn right around again to pick her up on time
she admitted her daughter was sketchy a disturbing mommas girl
they she and her husband were hopeful the daily one hour breaks during the summer would create some separation some distancesome perception that she didnt need to spend all her time with her mother
My daughter’s high-maintenance. she confessed We’re trying to break her, gently.
they fucked in her pristine white SUV a Chevy Tahoe Tahoe Tahoe a good breeze had kickedup blewgusted and brittle live oaks leaves falling on the vehicle sounded like rain
it was a fun fuck clothed rearrangeddisheveled clothingclasped bra pushed upher tits swelled by its pinch pressure skirt riding her waist his pants undonethey and his underwear slipped to his thighs
pulling themselves together she looked frantically around the backseat Panties. You see my panties? I got em she put her hand out Keepin em You’re, you’re keeping my panties? Really? Really Why would you do that? Memento Remembrance Besides youan they smell wonderful
momentarily she looked exasperated but it quickly fell away You’re a strange man.
Im strange
he entered the church parking lot off Dawson
it was a steep driveway and forced vehicles entering it to slow waay down or scrape the hell out of their front ends but who he wondered would be in a hurry to make church
this parking lot west of the church was cut into the hillside concrete steps fore and aft of a narrow graveled path that ran along the face of its foundation when mounted brought parishioners to either vestibule to the basins of holy water and the handhewed pews beyond
he went up on his toes to stride up the driveway
about threequarters up he saw a thing laying on the blacktophigh to the right of whitepainted lines demarking a parking spot
he approached it from the rearhe assumed its rear
it looked like a long shriveled Idaho potato
it appeared from out of its eyes grew two impossiblylong painfullyfrail legs yes legs jointed with knees and ankles and feet wretched toes
it was grotesque
as he came up on it it twitched asif feeling his steps the twitching roused itdisturbed its lethargic pathetic state and laying on its faceas best he could determine he saw two other eyes lateral shiver and sprout growing crooked deformed arms odd elbows clawed gnarled hands that it pushed itself up onoff its face it still unrevealed and began crawling labouring away from him
he meant it no harm
he didnt know what it was
he wasnt afraid
he was curious but unafraid
however it appeared to fear him
it did not recognise it was crawling into a deadendthe foundation either left or right distant were the concrete steps
it didnt seem capable of climbing them
it bumped its head against the wall the deadend
he knew he couldnt offer it any aid
all he had was useless empathy
he did not approach it
he gave it a wide berth
he went left up the graveled path climbed the steps and across an adjacent parking lot on the opposite side of the church and a second furthur behind it and continued walking home
he left the thing to the churchs devises
never did see its face
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