Country Daze
Night one
Laying in bed watching TV. Mirror shimmering; wavery looking. Two inch diameter
glowing circle appears in lower left corner of mirror half on the mirror half
on the wallpaper. It was there I know because I saw it plain as day. I walk up
to it and it fades like it was never there. I felt the wallpaper where it was
at to see what it was. I was thinking maybe something was sprayed on with a
template that just bubbled away and disappeared as it evaporated. I told
whoever it was that did it that I liked it and told them they could stick
around. I named the person Figmint. I said I hardly ever get any company. I
talked a lot to them but they wouldn’t talk back. I told them I should invent a
cookie called figmints. I knew they were there, I could hear them moving
around, but I couldn’t see them. I could feel their presence . I heard a male
voice say a few sentences low in the distance, like talking to someone else. I
couldn’t hear what he said. I commented on it. I told him I never had a visitor
I couldn’t see. I thought it was pretty neat. Then I heard the female voice. It
was musical, low, enchanting. I told her I liked her voice.
Day one
Saw people hiding in the trees. Heard kids under the house. Got gun and took a
look around.
Couldn't find them.
Night two
Saw lights outside. Went outside to look and saw a number of flashlights
approaching the house from all directions. Went back in my room. Thought it
might not be real so looked outside again. Saw no lights. Went back to my room.
Heard something in the house. Got up, turned on the spare bedroom light went
into the living room and laid on the couch. As I went to the couch I noticed
two dark clothed persons enter my room from the spare bedroom. I could hear a
female talking to someone else and it seemed like they were going through my
stuff. I could see someone in the shadows by the table in the living room. It
sounded like he was taking pictures. I asked him if infrared pictures came out
looking good, but he didn’t answer. I saw a dog in the shadows and heard him
panting. My cat was laying next to me purring and I thought “how come my cat’s
not scared”. I told the guy that a dog in the house will usually scare my cat
and the dog must be well mannered. The guy was holding something that had four
little red lights on it. It sounded like a noisy hard drive. I thought it
might be some kind of tape recorder. There was something glowing stuck to the
ceiling by the front door. It was thin and about three by five inches in size.
I could hear them taking pictures in the room. The guy in the living room was
still taking pictures, it sounded like roll after roll. They were still talking
in the room and I heard a radio turn on at low volume. As daybreak was coming
on I noticed all three of them in the living room. I was talking to them but
they wouldn’t talk back. I looked away and when I looked back they were gone.
Day two
They came back, this time to show me some neat stuff. I first noticed they were
here when I saw the image being projected in front of the mirror. I could see
both the image and the reflection of the image in the mirror. I looked all
around trying to see where it was being projected from but couldn’t find it.
Looking close, the image seemed to be about two inches in front of the mirror.
It was sort of a wavy mirage, almost like rippling water. I kept asking how
they were doing this, but they wouldn’t answer me. I finally decided they must
be projecting it from behind the mirror. I asked them if it was corona from
some sort of plasma discharge. They answered me by increasing the distance of
the image about a foot from the mirror then bringing it back flush. The whole
while I was looking at this up close from all angles. I wanted to see the
device that was doing this real bad. I wanted to see if it was the size of the
whole mirror or just a small projector. I also wanted to know how the device
was powered. If it was plugged into my house or running on batteries. I went
outside to see how they were getting at the back at the back of the mirror. I
couldn’t see anything on the outside so I looked under the house. I couldn’t
see anyone under there but I could tell there was a space about eight inches
between the wall with the mirror and the outside of the house. I figured they
must be getting at it from there. I went back to the room and I could hear them
under the house. I saw a putty knife blade being pushed up between the sink and
wall then pulled back. I looked under the sink and could really hear them good.
There was also someone in the room. I turned around and caught just a fleeting
glimpse of him leaving the room. I went to the door to see who it was and got
there just in time to see him turning the swamp cooler on as he slipped
outside. I didn’t bother trying to catch him because I knew I couldn’t, but I
did turn the swamp cooler off. As I walked back to my room I saw through the
door of the spare bedroom a hand reaching up tapping the window from the
outside. I went to look out the window and noticed him just disappearing into
the shadows of the trees. I went back in my room and laid on my bed. I looked
up at the TV and noticed the controls were wavering and the sides of the VCR
were folding out and changing like a kids transformer toy. It did this for
about five minutes going through a whole series of shapes and button styles. I
could tell it was a holographic image being projected from somewhere. I asked
if I could see the projection devices. Two hands holding
devices about the size of flashlights came into view outside the bathroom
window. Before I could even get out of bed they dropped out of view. Then I saw
an holographic image of a good looking blond woman standing in front of the
sink. I could see her reflection in the mirror, and could also see the image
was being projected from under the bed. I looked under the bed with a
flashlight and saw a small person rolling out the other side from view. I
couldn’t tell for sure if it was male or female, but I think it was female. She
was wearing a light blue button down shirt and looked white. I tried to see
where she went; there was nowhere to hide over there. I couldn’t find anyone
but out of the corner of my eye I saw someone slip out of the room. I heard the
swamp cooler turn on again. I went back out to turn it off when I heard a
radio turn on in my room. It wasn’t my main stereo and it took a little while
to figure out what it was. It turned out my clock had a radio in it. I’ve never
used this radio and it took a little while to figure out how to turn it off. I
figured when they got done playing their little tricks on me they would show me
who they were, so I didn’t ask them to show themselves.
Night Three
Everything was becoming more relaxed. I was looking out the
window in the spare bedroom at a giant Canadian Thistle
with a huge purple flower. I noticed a ball of light about
four inches in diameter coming toward me in slow motion. I
stepped to the side as it slowly passed by me. I saw that
it came from a device about the size of flashlight that a
man back in the shadows was holding. He pointed the device
my way and I heard a clicking sound then a ball of light
came my way again. I stood there and watched this happen
again and again for about an hour. It was so totally cool I
couldn't get enough of it. Finally I left and went to the
front door and looked outside. The tumbleweeds were really
overgrown. The weeds were so thick I could barely walk
around outside. I heard a click come from around the corner
of the house. I looked up and saw a ball of light slowly
traveling up into the sky. After it got a few hundred feet
in the air it became dimmer and then dissipated into
nothing. Off in the shadows in the field in front of the
house I heard another click, and saw another ball of light
travel up into the sky. I could faintly see the outline of
a man standing out there. Then another ball came from
around the corner of the house again. It went back and
forth for awhile. Finally my neck started getting stiff
from looking up for so long. I walked up on the porch and
watched for awhile longer. I knew I wanted one of the
devices that made the balls of light. I decided to look on
the internet to see where I could buy one. I couldn't find
any reference to what I was looking for.
Day Three
I was sitting on the couch in the living room looking
through the window into the shop in the back. I could see
back in the shadows a girl. She had rusty blonde hair and
had freckles on her face. She was watching me. I wanted to
talk to her and get to know her. She was quite good
looking. When I got up to get a better look at her she
stepped back further in the shadows so I couldn't see her.
I was wondering how she got here. I got up and looked out
the front door into the fields. About a quarter mile away
next to a haystack I could see Partially hidden a car. It
looked like it was a blue Buick. I thought if I went to
where the car was I might be able to head off the girl
before she got away. Before I could walk over to the car my
mom came by for a short visit. After she left I walked over
to where the car was but it was gone. I couldn't find any
tire tracks.
Poetry
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