umm...I guess this is a short story...
I had this Stranger than Fiction moment a few months ago and this is what has become of it:
Moving Violation
Sean stood by his car which was parked parallel on the side of a busy road. He was waiting to cross, jaywalk actually, and could feel the breeze of each car passing by. So close. Close enough that if he stuck his hand out a foot in front of him he could touch one. He was in no hurry to get where he was going. The sun was bright, high in the sky, but his mind was blue. He began to contemplate what it would be like to take one step. What would happen if in this one step a car struck him? It was not in his plans for the day to step in front of a moving vehicle, but how exhilarating to feel the power over life and death. Any normal person would wait for an opening and make a run for it. They would cross the street in hopes of not getting hit. But as the cars whizzed by at speeds unknown that feeling of power began to grow. Why not do what is unexpected? And so he did.
No, I am not suicidal. Just stretching my writing muscles. :oD
Sean stood by his car which was parked parallel on the side of a busy road. He was waiting to cross, jaywalk actually, and could feel the breeze of each car passing by. So close. Close enough that if he stuck his hand out a foot in front of him he could touch one. He was in no hurry to get where he was going. The sun was bright, high in the sky, but his mind was blue. He began to contemplate what it would be like to take one step. What would happen if in this one step a car struck him? It was not in his plans for the day to step in front of a moving vehicle, but how exhilarating to feel the power over life and death. Any normal person would wait for an opening and make a run for it. They would cross the street in hopes of not getting hit. But as the cars whizzed by at speeds unknown that feeling of power began to grow. Why not do what is unexpected? And so he did.
No, I am not suicidal. Just stretching my writing muscles. :oD
