He sat idly by as many things occurred around him. Unaware of the very despair that approached...he quickly glanced backward somewhat expecting to see him there.... alas once having seen him he searches everywhere.... the stranger eludes him as if he were chasing his own shadow. Is there an end? He hears the soft footsteps approaching and dares not turn around.... he knows, with more conviction than he knows his own name.... that safety lies only ahead.... out of the darkness he feels it...the cold, calculating mind of evil...he listens and it's cryptic whispers surround him.... He can only make out these soft murmurs.... Mmmm…...mmmmmm..... mmmmm... more napkins please... He opens his eyes to see he is in fact sitting in a restaurant in south suburbia...the sounds he has heard were nothing more malignant than the waitress. Is there a beginning? Damn that child.... what has he done? Inside him has been released the knowledge that can never be found...illumination is eternally out of grasp... The torment which is his has been shared for ages.... only now is he made aware...only now does he seek...the source of his curiosity perplexing him further...

}{} Surliness