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"Nightwalk"
I used to take short walks late at night. I loved it because it was cool, dark, and quiet. I never saw other people out that late. Normal people were in bed by that time, and I never cared to be normal. Anyway, on my walks I always took the same route which happened to pass an apartment building. About five walk-days before our first encounter (I didn't walk every day, but I did walk frequently), I had noticed the silhouette of a person standing at the window of the only lit apartment. I didn't pay it much mind then, but on my next walk, it was there again, and I had a feeling that the person was watching me. It didn't worry me, mind you. Every night that I passed, up to the fifth night, I could feel that person staring at me. I found it quite fascinating. .....
"At the time I was thinking along desperate lines of 'special'." I noted, "The way you're talking, you'd think you tried to rape me last week or something, instead of about three minutes ago." ..... |
Written:
Monday
October 4, 1993