The alien, in what is likely his finest environment suit, walked over the ridge in the road, and I stood there watching him disappear from the bottom up. When he was out of sight, I ran to the rise and could see him again, ambling unconcerned past the private cemetery and further toward the little league baseball game, where the boys playing had not yet noticed him. When they see him, it’s half a bet they run away, half a bet they crowd at the fence closest, gawking. All I know is he plodded past me as I stumbled on […]
