The Opium Equation by Lisa Wysocky

Author:Lisa Wysocky [Wysocky, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781935270065
Publisher: Cool Titles
Published: 2011-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

River Road was shrouded with patchy fog. I carefully threaded my way through an “S” shaped curve roughly two miles from the county line and accelerated slightly as I hit the straight run that would lead me home. It was the tail end of a spooky stretch of road. A few miles back, and just to the right, was an Indian burial ground that was estimated to be about nine thousand years old.

When Walmart was trying to build their new store here, many Native Americans held protests on the site, as part of the burial ground was going to have to be relocated. They tied cloths of the four colors, red, yellow, black, and white, to trees along the roadside to represent the four directions of their Native beliefs, and held regular twenty-four hour vigils. Many Native people believe the spirit stays near the body and that it would be wrong to relocate the burial ground. And who’s to say they are not right?

The powers that be in Nashville eventually decreed that the remains were so old they preceded the modern tribes, such as Creek and Cherokee; and because no direct descendant could be found, there would be no problem in relocating the burial ground and putting a Walmart in its place. I boycotted the store for a while. But I am weak and Walmart is convenient. Nevertheless, that stretch of road, on certain nights, to me seems very ominous.

I saw the lights of the oncoming car and the bulky object in the road at the same time. On this stretch of highway there is no shoulder. To my right was a deep, swampy ditch; to my left was one lane with a car approaching fast, and further left beyond that was a wall of rock. Straight ahead was . . . well . . . something.

I slammed on my brakes before I had time to think about it. The back end of the truck veered violently to the right and I corrected with a sharp right swing to the steering wheel. But not before the truck collided with whatever was in the road and ground to a screeching, shuddering halt.

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