Donna Marie
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Bugged
I only wanted to take a photo of the giraffe crossing sign that is in the flowerbed halfway down the yard. It was dark outside; the sun had recently set. I flipped on the light switches as I went out the door. There were two of them, one for the flood light and one for the back porch. The darkness in the back yard swallowed up the golden glow after fifteen feet. I walked across the green septic field in the dark, the lights behind me, and turned on the camera app on my iPhone. It might have been too dark to take a photo; the screen was practically black; but that giraffe crossing sign is reflective. I held out some hope that I could get a photo and kept walking. I stopped right at the edge of the garden. The black dirt was invisible. I felt like I would be stepping off the edge of the planet if I continued. I aimed the camera at the bright yellow sign. It barely showed on the camera screen. I snapped the photo anyway and turned toward the back door. Each blade of grass cast a long dark shadow that swallowed up the pasture. I stared into the black lawn, looking for shapes that might not be grass shadows. Puppies did come out here to do their business regularly. I didn’t want to step in anything smelly. All I succeeded in doing was straining my eyes. It was too dark to see anything beyond the golden glow created by the lights on the back of the house. I turned around and headed back to the door. At the edge of the patio, I picked up speed. Night deepened quickly, and I scurried in the back door, securely closing and locking it behind me; I turned both locks, listening for the clicks and jiggling the handle to make sure the French doors had closed tightly.
By Donna Marie5 years ago in Humans
Murder of the Tenant
The number pad next to the garage door has a tenant. There had been a small spider crawling across number nine. He was kind of cute. Spiders can be really helpful, even indoors. This guy was outdoors and he was really tiny. Still, I was hoping for mosquito control. That was two days ago.
By Donna Marie5 years ago in Humans
