It was way too close. I was on my way to work, not really thinking about the threat. Humans hardly do think about the threat until it is upon them. Even then, as soon as the immediate danger passes, they may start reflecting upon where they will go to get that beer or piece of cheesecake to drive the recent attack from their mind. As a race, we seem to have a lot of difficulty focusing. I note that the day after the Obama/Romney election, Yahoo had reverted to headlining Cameron Diaz’s spiffy dress. That’s us.
But I’m walking into school when suddenly I’m grabbed from behind. The damage looks bad in the picture but it’s pretty much just jagged fingerbones ripping through my respectable, gray shirt. I wrenched away and started to run, but he/it grabbed my knee and again I had to force my way out of that bony grip. I was lucky. This guy had obviously been dead a long while. His reach exceeded his grasp.
I’m sorry to say the high school’s a total loss. Oh, they look OK. They can pass for your average adolescents and they are pretending to eat the Uncrustables for breakfast and the pizza for lunch. But I can see below the surface. It won’t be long before they fully convert. I’m staying for now, though. Someone has to keep the world posted.
