Desperate Measures by M Glenn Graves

Author:M Glenn Graves [Graves, M Glenn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781641192286
Publisher: City Lights Press
Published: 2014-11-08T22:00:00+00:00

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Someone needs to mow their grass passed through my mind when I opened my eyes and regained some measure of consciousness. My head hurt, but that’s a measured understatement. Not used to headaches, I felt this one more than most folks might. I inched my hand toward my head just to make sure it was still attached and not hanging by some mere thread. I found something wet, sticky, and disgusting from where the pain was stemming on my noggin. My only recourse was that I was still alive, I figured, and I was alone. My kingdom for some pain reliever.

It was dark but I could see enough to know that I was prone on the ground in some tall grass. Why does it always have to be dark when desperate things happen? The question made my head hurt more, so I left it unanswered for another time and place.

I sat up and found a tree in the shadowy world around me. It was only a few feet away, so I crawled to it and leaned against it while I continued to feel sorry for my head and myself in this dismal circumstance. I closed my eyes for a moment and tried not to think of anything.

Sam was nowhere around. If the people who did this to me had any sense at all about them, they would have left the dog in the vehicle. Releasing the hound would not be the thing to do if they valued their lives. I figured even the dumbest criminals alive would know that the dog posed a threat. The growling and snarling would certainly be the dead giveaway when approaching the imprisoned dog. I was hopeful he was still there.

I think some time passed. I must have gone back to sleep. When I opened my eyes again, there was better light. I felt a slight chill. The dampness of the area was more than a little conducive for the moss that was nearly everywhere around me. It was growing on anything that did not move. The dawning of whatever day this was cast an eerie light on the variety of greenness in my surroundings. There was obviously more than one type of moss. It appeared that the various shades of green were glowing. Maybe I was hallucinating.

Despite my insufficient knowledge concerning my location, I was grateful that I was alone with only my wits. I wished for Sam, but this would have to do for the present.

I noted some scattered trees off in the distance, but it did not appear that I was in a thick forest. There was too much grass around, so I figured it was a field. I was hoping that I was at least still in Massachusetts, near Weston. A slight breeze passed over me and it was then that I became aware that I was sitting in some type of marshy area. The breeze against my wet backside was the determinant for that insight. It was not an altogether pleasant awareness.

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