she reminded him

had she not he wouldnt have remembered

and it is memorable 

8 years ago todayOctober 8 under the Blood Moon eclipse  2014  they murdered a god

he said they because they were in the car together

she said they because he refused to sacrifice them

the god left him no options 

                        

they were traveling on the highway at better than 70 miles per hour there was a right bend to the road a deep culvert left a stand of trees right  He stood on the shoulder of the road had come up out of the cleft

Ohno no no he cried 

                     crying loud enough to rouse her as he went to slap her thigh  to prepare

Aw no manplease  please stay right where you areStay Im not swervingIm keeping my line

the deer ran out in front of them 

                                just before impact in the headlights the deer shone brilliantblue he thought maybe theyd pass harmlessly through it 

                           IMPACThood sprung covered the windshield the deer went over the car airbags deployed he took his foot from the gasslipped down into the seatpeered through the space between the dash and the hood  eventually he coaxed the car to the side of the road and began braking to a stop 

Are you okay he asked

                         she said her abdomen and chest hurt she had reclined the seat to sleep  the shoulderharness was worthlessthe belt around her hips didnt help she slipped nearly into the leg space under the glovebox 

                                                                                                                he unclasped them called 911 called insurance got out of the car crossed in front of it was dumbfounded it wasnt painted electricblue he opened her door and helped her out How are you feeling he didnt see any woundsnothing apparent he helped her up onto the knoll at the foot of the trees and laid his jacket down for her to lay on  Okay baby try an relax relax  see if you can feel anything  assess any other pains 

                                              The deer?

Im afraid its dead

You saw the blue light it emanated?

I did  Yes

We killed a god.

1548,  Saturday,  8  10. 22

1648,  Saturday

laughing to himselfhe turned away from looking out the train window the giggle was for two storefronts side by side bays he saw CHA CHA CHA dance studio Highstreet cannabis dispensary

                                                                                 he enjoyed their randomness symbiosis arrangement his daughter went by Chacha to her nieces spun off Polish Ciocia aunt and that she was also terribly well-versedknew the best labels for varieties of cannabis their strains indica sativa hybrids CBD THC CBG an anti-inflammatoryran circles around his grass nomenclature he wasnt cool he liked to fire up a joint hit a bong  nibbles gummies lacked ritual

                        but that was himhe did him others could do themselves 

What?

Yaheard me it went without saying and he wouldnt

as he turned in SETTING train interior he was just in time to catch a burly chick stomp all she had was stomp past his seat the aisle just large enough to accommodate her ass

shaggy rustred hair hung out of a knitted banded stocking cap that wasnt colour-coordinated with the jersey she wore got her moneys worth on its back was

                                         TONIGHT 

                                                              WE FLY 

ohferChristssake please someone clip her wings  she dropped out of the sky somebody might get hurt

she took a seat that was opposite a seat facing her

the train stopped in Camarillo

an announcement came over the PA explaining that seats facing one another were meant for parties of three or four

If you’re seated there, please move to allow parties to sit together.

the train lurched into motion

a conductor came through taking tickets from newly-boarded passengers 

                                                                             he saw her couldnt miss her  and walked by without a word

   Hmm he thought maybe she could fly  though couldnt imagine with who antha was saying something

0855,  Monday,  12  9. 22

1151,  Saturday,  8  10. 22