two frights woke them during the
night
them were he and his cat shy
his was firstdisturbing
was in a sleek limegreen car
with a stranger a woman
he
pulled over to a dirt shoulder to take a leak felt
like a roadtrip
she admitted she had to go too
he went to the side of the road where
he pulled off she to the other
whatever she had to do she beat
him back to the car stood relaxed off
its rearend looking down road from whence they came
approaching her from the frontend
he called Pretty spiffy kiddo Set a landspeed record
shaking her head no she laughed
I was just thinking you were really
dragging your feet. made her
laugh harder
made him wonder what she actually
thought he was dragging
Draggin my feet
I really had to go
Evidently.
as she started walkinround the end of the car
to the passenger door he saw as
dreams can he was everconscious of his
dreamed-self and his dreaming-self that the shoulder had melted awayturned into a
severe cutbank overlooking an iceclogged fastmoving wide river hed turned the wheels rightseemed the right tire
might possibly have crumbled the yellow earth beneath itWAIT
her perception wasnt his
she swung the door
open
the car shifted subtly
WAIT
she
sat drew her legs in shut the door the car lurch forward went over the edge knifed
into the river like stone and was gone
WAITechoing
back from the dark woods on the opposite bank startled him
starting awakerocked the
bed shy leaptbound off the bed he sitting upright
the thin
whisper gauze trailing off the dreamevaporating had him readying to leap into
the water after her but SHE WAS GONE
Wha the fuck his heart pounding wha the fuck
he was upset
he hadnt a chance to save her
he laid back down
adjusting the
pillows to either side of his head he felt like questioning his
dreaming-self Yadidnt see tha comin ya didnt
warn me
his
dreaming-self wouldnt be keen on hotlight shined in his face
would clam up
hed seen that expression before
in mirrors glaring back at him
he
let go
he closed his eyes took several deep cleansingbreaths
the river darkened darkened darkened
disappeared
he barely felt shy jump back up into bed lean into his blanketed bicep
the bed rocked
shy didnt go twenty
pounds rocked it like she weighed forty
he started
she was on all fours staring hard
at the doorway ears back bundle of
crackling fierceenergy
followed her glare
Whagrrl wha is it
wasnt anythinganyone there that
he could see
the intensity began fading fading
was
gone
her hindend relaxed against him
she relaxed
laid against him again
closing his eyes he wondered what she dreamed
5AMish, Saturday,
18 1. 25
1118, Sunday,
19 1. 25
