ESSAY CEMETERY

PDF of Tony's Story: Link   (Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this link) Army men returning to the reservation I wondered why men who came back from the army were troublemakers on the reservation. The fantastic (Todorov) I looked back and saw the red light on top of the car whirling around, and I could make out the dark image of a man, but where the face should have been there were only the silvery lenses of the dark glasses he wore. How could just speaking about something make it more real? But I knew that cop was something terrible, and even to speak about it risked bringing it close to all of us; so I didn’t say anything. There's some more abstract fear that haunts Tony than the cop, something others can't see Leon glanced in the rear-view mirror. "He's following us!" My body began to shake and I wasn't sure if I would be able to speak. "There's no place left to hide. It follows us everywhere." Tony refers to the cop as "it" ...

This short story is summarized in bullet points for no good reason. Events ·        It's a hot dry summer. Tony's friend Leon comes back from the army. He is drinking. ·        A state cop punches Leon in the face ·        Leon is admitted to the hospital with broken teeth and get stitches ·        Tony dreams about the cop who has white round eyes on a ceremonial black mask instead of a face ·        Leon gets better but wants revenge and Tony tries to dissuade him ·        Tony sees the cop in a gas station store and Leon says he is just as good as the cop ·        The cop follows them and they pull over. He makes them get out of the car. ·        Tony knows he can't look at the cop's eyes. He tries not to but then looks at ...