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A teenage girl in scanty garb was strolling through the shadows, glancing back from time to time to check the street behind, Seemingly expecting to discover someone tailing her...leaving me to wonder - as I raised a single blind - Was she being followed? So, of course, I doused the light, then slightly raised the window to discreetly - watch the show! She suddenly paused and turned around...frozen in her tracks, in between the street lamps, where the light, of course, was low, And - clearly shaken, probed her purse, searching for a means to fend off her assailant should it race to where she was! Pulling out what I could see to be a can of mace - totally comprehending - as most every woman does - That walking through a neighborhood like this so late at night often leads to instances where most do not fair well - The girl, at last, responded in the way I’d prayed she would...but as she wisely tried to run, the poor girl slipped and fell! Wishing I could help her - as I sat there in my wheelchair - I would totally panic when the predator appeared, Slithered up to where she lay, hovering like fiend poised to have his fallen prey, and - just as I had feared - Leaned to take ahold of her, and - as she struggled hard - grabbed her underneath her arms and brought her to her feet, When - being close enough to hear - I heard the stranger say...“I’m sorry that I frightened you, but - walking down this street Almost guarantees a girl, especially after dark, especially one that looks like you, to wind up getting hurt!”, And that was when the girl - and I - began to breath again for spotting...to our great relief...the badge upon his shirt! My books and Audio-CDs are @ writerofbooks.com
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