Figure

"The woods are a good place for talking." She winked. "Nothing like a tree to keep your secrets."

~ Valerie Dunsmore

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What we see depends on who we are and what we celebrate and what we fear. When we saw this figure in the woods, Leslie thought it was Bigfoot. Lily thought it was a tall dog. It was a deer. 

Later that night when the phone and the internet went out, as I was a falling asleep, I thought maybe it was a serial killer. 

(pause)

It either wasn't or else we weren't that particular serial killer's type.