Everyone just stopped.
Not “stood still,” but literally froze in place.
It was the hottest and busiest day of the summer, citizens
and tourists alike rushing to get somewhere, some were climbing into cabs and
trucks while others were reading and talking.
And then, without warning, the entire crowd froze in place, some in midair
or midblink. Even when the wind blew
through, their hair didn’t move an inch.
And then, the strange figure came lopping out through the
crowd. It wasn’t very human-shaped nor
did it even have feet, but it did have some form of head and eyes under its
brown garments that draped over its morphing form. It slid through the crowd for frozen faces
and began looking at each one as if searching.
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