David Austria

Strange Post

Strange Post: An Unexpected Delivery by David Austria I sat staring at it. The kind of staring in which the eyes lose focus and glaze over. People look at me and become concerned, they begin waving one hand, a flesh metronome in front of my unseeing eyes--tic-tic, tic-tic, tic-tic. Then after a few seconds of no response, they begin waving both hands, arms criss-crossing like out-of-synch windshield wipers. Sometimes I don’t even realize a person is trying to get my attention for a few minutes--I think my record is three minutes and some change.