terror - part one

 

not terrorism - terror.

so I am waiting in the queue of the supermarket and this woman next to me is staring at me, somewhat blankly. She has her mask pulled down off her face so this is freaking me out say, just a little bit. Then come the words,

"Peter, how are you?"

"Fine, WHO are you?"

then she continues to stare blankly at me. Now I am about to totally lose it, stating words like I swear I have never met you before in my life, so you better start explaining exactly who you are really fast.

she is standing near me on an angle, then she turns. Now I see the ear piece and the phone she is holding in her right hand. Then, it hits me like a hammer.

she is talking to another Peter on the phone. The realization doesn't come full circle because the other Peter on the phone is going into great deal of detail of exactly how he is, so she doesn't get a chance to reply for some time.

maybe I'm not cut out for certain aspects of this world today. I know it was a random act of chance but the situation might not have been elevated if this woman was wearing headphones. Adding to this, an ideal would have been me actually seeing the headphones connected to her telephone.

but i felt terror, nonetheless. It was pure and immediate.

let's call it for what it was. The whole moment scared the living shit out of me.