OK, back to my story;
I pull to a stop and a police car that had been following pulls up.
Pause. Stand. Look. Wait.
Window opens slowly,
"Do you go out much?" he says.
"Well ugh..." I murmur. "I suppose I do. I ugh... suppose... I do."
"We've been getting calls." he says in a calm, cool voice in the dark of the squad car. "On Mountain Lions. Once we get one, they all start coming."
"Really?" I question, trying to sound sober and Southern. "Are they aggressive?"
"If they're hungry they are!" he srugs back in disbelief. " They can get a dog, or a little kid. Little ol ladies, walking their dogs in the morning. A lion run out from the trees and got a little chihuahua. Yanked the leash right out of her hands and run it back to the woods. Calls like that come in all the time."
"Just thought I'd let you know."
"Ugh... thank you, " I say. "That's good to know."
He gave a chill nod and slowly cruised up the winding road,
and into the darkness of night.
night drive
Daniel James 2010
I pull to a stop and a police car that had been following pulls up.
Pause. Stand. Look. Wait.
Window opens slowly,
"Do you go out much?" he says.
"Well ugh..." I murmur. "I suppose I do. I ugh... suppose... I do."
"We've been getting calls." he says in a calm, cool voice in the dark of the squad car. "On Mountain Lions. Once we get one, they all start coming."
"Really?" I question, trying to sound sober and Southern. "Are they aggressive?"
"If they're hungry they are!" he srugs back in disbelief. " They can get a dog, or a little kid. Little ol ladies, walking their dogs in the morning. A lion run out from the trees and got a little chihuahua. Yanked the leash right out of her hands and run it back to the woods. Calls like that come in all the time."
"Just thought I'd let you know."
"Ugh... thank you, " I say. "That's good to know."
He gave a chill nod and slowly cruised up the winding road,
and into the darkness of night.
night drive
Daniel James 2010
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