Tuesday, August 4, 2009

#0048 | 08/04 | 07:40 AM

I burned down our home.

Funny, that was the plan all along, right? Set fire to the bitch. Bring it the fuck down. Get rid of the dogs in the blaze. Maybe a party afterward.

Yep, yep, yep.

That was the plan. I understood it. Heck, I was the one that set it...

But...

I'm sitting here, on the porch of the house from last night, directly across from the school. The fire is still burning, although I guess that's to be expected. It's amazingly well-contained, considering how we started it. The fire spread during the night to the southern building (maybe through embers, maybe through a burning dog-Freak), but those are the only two buildings burning now in the morning.

I remember running out from the house last night, I tripped on one of the porch steps (the one I'm sitting on now) and ended up breaking like two of the cocktails. But that was alright, since it only took one to light the fire.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Shit to shit.

We wont be living there anymore I suppose.

Henry and Anna aren't here yet. But they'll be here soon. Henry went to help Anna move Monica back here. I would have gone too, but Henry seemed really pressed to let me stay behind.

I guess I've been sorta quiet...

...

It probably isn't a good idea to bring Monica this close to the fire. If it spreads suddenly before it's out, it'll probably be too hard to move her in time...

But this was where we stored all our supplies yesterday. it was the closest place to stash our food stuffs and weapons.

Huh...

The burning embers crackle and spit in the morning air...

To the imaginative mind (or sleep deprived!) the sounds of the burning fire can sound like a lot. Whispering voices. Forgiving. Cursing. Crying. Why. Why. Why

Why.

Or they can sound like violence. Miniature explosions under the rising sun. A fading heat washing against my face as I study the dying blaze...

Or they can sound like footsteps. Footsteps, slowly approaching...

Hah... crackling footsteps.

Huh? Crackling footsteps?

Oh

3 comments:

  1. Your amazing at cliff hangers, i'll be F5'ing till the next one comes..

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  2. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF U!!!! moar

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  3. CRACKLINGS ARE FKN SCARY! you know those from starcraft....

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