Stolen Dreams
“G E Patterson Avenue was the road which leads to anything that matters here in Memphis. Kipp stayed beside me, quiet as we made our way toward the station. Didn’t even say a word when I called in sick to work to handle this little problem. Doris, as always, wished me well. After turning my cell phone off to not be disturbed, I placed it in my back pocket. I needed to break the awkward silence around us. “So...how long have you been dead?” I clamped a hand over my mouth, horrified. Of course I b...lurted out something so inappropriate since I was feeling uncomfortable. “Sorry, that came out all wrong.”
He laughed my indignity away. “Nah, it’s all right. It’s a valid question. If I woke the night I died, it’s been a week.”
A week didn’t really seem long. To a dead person, it must feel like an eternity, no one to talk to or acknowledge your presence. It couldn’t have felt good. “And you’ve just been wandering the streets since then?”MoreLess
He laughed my indignity away. “Nah, it’s all right. It’s a valid question. If I woke the night I died, it’s been a week.”
A week didn’t really seem long. To a dead person, it must feel like an eternity, no one to talk to or acknowledge your presence. It couldn’t have felt good. “And you’ve just been wandering the streets since then?”MoreLess
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