I Keep Running
circa 1992
I'm running through a dark, well forested, claustrophobic subdivision at night. It seems every house has a fence, and very rarely is anyone out. I don't know why I'm running, except that I'm scared, as if some invisible force is chasing me. I run everywhere; on porches and driveways, between houses, and down the street. I feel like the more fences I jump, or the more porches I run across, the safer I am. At one point I jump off a patio into a back yard where there is a doghouse. I find a little puppy, but then the lights go on outside the house and I panic. The yard is fenced in a triangular pattern. A big dog rushes at us. Climbing the fence, I try to pull the puppy underneath it to save him, but he can't fit. I dramatically get a burst of speed, run through some bushes across a patio, and jump off for a long distance onto the lawn. I maintain my speed and keep running.
posted by Phlegm at 11/02/2003
