Suzi Gravenstuk

Can We Relax After Surviving Our Scariest Imaginations?



Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2011

by Suzi Gravenstuk
http://www.suzi-gravenstuk.blogspot.com

Since I began working a commercial newspaper route (1AM to 4 or 5AM), I have
had thoughts and feelings I dare not share with anyone. Why? ...Just in case,
the words I speak create reality. I grew up under the tutoring of dream it,
speak it, believe it, accept it. Just in case that sounds a little too naive, even for
me--I have lived experienced this phenomena several distinct times in my life.
That is why I speak cautiously about impending crisis, death, damage, despair.?

   Perhaps you are familiar with that uncomfortable feeling of impending doom? Or, the "Danger, Will Robinson, danger".  This is a reality no one would want. So, I pull up to the Circle K, grabbed my inventory and coffee mug, then as I was getting out of my car and turned to my right, I saw that the next car over was a silver haired man. He looked at me and said, "Go call the police. I just found this intruder in my home".

   Suddenly, I was not myself. I thought faster than I can think. I noted he
was wearing standard attire for the Mississippi Coast (Shorts and T-shirt); he
had blue eyes and a modest beard. He was also unsteadily holding a large gun
that was pointed towards a younger woman sitting in the car.

   I am truly not myself anymore. I said, "Ok" (non-chalantly). I went in and
calmly told the clerk to call 911 and let them know that a man outside has a gun
pointed at a woman. She looked at me blankly. I re-peated myself a couple
more times as a couple more people ambled into the store, neither noticed the
man with the gun. ...Was I imagining things?

...to be continued
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» left by Christofer French
 212 days 5 hours ago.
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Wild and other worldly. The imagination is more powerful than we realize. Can't wait for the continuation..

» left by Suzi Gravenstuk 212 days 2 hours ago.
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Thanks for tuning in, Christofer. Sometimes my synchrony with time is a bit off, combine that with a generous sprinkling of adult a.d.d. and we have unfinished stories and articles floating aimlessly about. Now that I have at least 1 confirmation I will focus. (ha)
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