I don't know what caused me to wake up this time. The shock I experienced, however, was the fact that sleep had found me and that rest was somewhat worthwhile. Time had not been kind in the sleep department. A rough estimate would be that the last time I enjoyed a night's rest was at least five years ago. Marie would have been in my fiend of vision.
A dog barked across the side alley in some oddball pattern that vaugle sounded like a record skipping.
As my ears focused to the now present waking world, a hard rapping was inviting me to the front door. A low murmur, most likely the culprit of the knocking, silenced the noise of the knocks.
I knew a phone call was next.
In other words, I had to rise. The vanity mirror in the corner caught the hall lamp and did it's best to insult me. I suppose the hair on my face, now truly white, was there yesterday, but since I make it a point to not look at mirrors these days--the question was lost. I used the reflection to hunt for my slippers. The corner where she had left them all those years ago was bare. Barren all this time.
The phone rang. It was supposed to.
"I'm up, I'm up." I hated yelling. I did not have the energy yet to support it anyways.
Last night, I wondered if I'd ever have company again. I didn't think it would be in the middle of the night.
"I'm up, I'm up, up, up, up...."
When a house is empty, the sounds resonate. My slippers, now found and discarded made their own call as we padded to the end of the hall to the front door.
Even the light switch to the front hall decided to make an echo. The clock blurted the honest time...3:12am. The knocking started back up, probably notified by the now present light.
My gut communicated that trouble had come to find me this night and that wishing for company had very little to do with it.
I gave myself the benefit of the peephole.
It was a beat cop. My job as county coroner never ended.
Rewrite part of an old story you have worked on from third person to first person. When you are reworking, count the number of 'he's or she's and then reduce that number by half in the newest creation. Then, let that sit for a while and see if it helps the piece or not.
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