Elisiah wrote:
Escalator: Up it goes
I noticed him first on the escalator.
I think for no particular reason I remembered his face.
Or maybe, looking back, every little detail was pulling at my subconscious to bring it to the surface and to realize what is wrong. But wrapped up in the darkness it slept at the bottom of my mind.
So there I am, walking past all the lights on the streets, chatting away with my friend.
Short on cash, she enters the bank, standing in line for her turn at the ATM.
With surprise I noticed him behind her in line. What a coincidence, I think.
A few moments pass, he goes away.
Click, I'm on alert, my mind wide awake and all the little details are screaming at me, but too late:
his posture, too crouched
the distance, too close
no money withdrawn
Coincidences don't exist.
Hhe kept holding his phone
Too low.
I think for no particular reason I remembered his face.
Or maybe, looking back, every little detail was pulling at my subconscious to bring it to the surface and to realize what is wrong. But wrapped up in the darkness it slept at the bottom of my mind.
So there I am, walking past all the lights on the streets, chatting away with my friend.
Short on cash, she enters the bank, standing in line for her turn at the ATM.
With surprise I noticed him behind her in line. What a coincidence, I think.
A few moments pass, he goes away.
Click, I'm on alert, my mind wide awake and all the little details are screaming at me, but too late:
his posture, too crouched
the distance, too close
no money withdrawn
Coincidences don't exist.
Hhe kept holding his phone
Too low.