Comparisons In the Dark

Jodie Foster is frying peppers and eggs. It is late and her legs ache as she scrambles the yokes, sautés the jalapenos. Today a jerk again compared her to the film actress. A life she never wanted keeps invading her reality. Even though she was born earlier people consider her the ‘wrong one.’ Not for the first time she imagines changing her name, A noise upstairs, the woman freezes then runs to her understairs closet, bolting the door. Footsteps descend. It is the movie star Jodie Foster, She has a gun and is seeking her imposter. Life-scripts are merging; she understands why she has always avoided cliffhangers - suspense thrillers. Jodie cries softly in the dark clutching a Dollar Store spatula that will never work as well as a branded one.