Lady Bay
Molly and Tom are sipping G & T’s on the porch of their third room apartment overlooking the golf course.
“It is so peaceful here, “ Molly remarks.
The main road passes the links where cars pick up speed after leaving the confines of a 50 k zone but their roar is swallowed by the distance from the apartments and the vastness of the course.
Just then Tom’s eyes lift as he notices a vehicle driving over the green. It has just come off the road.
It slows down and stops. Two figures in dark blue uniform dash out.
“It looks like a police van,” Tom remarks. “What are they doing on the course?”
Just then three shots ring out. Then silence. There is a scuffle of some sort. Within a few minutes the van drives off.
Later at dinner Tom and Molly learn from their waiter that a king ‘roo had been hit by a SUV and wandered onto the course, broken and bloody, “scaring the bejesus out of the oldies”.
That it was the night before Halloween did not go unnoticed.
John Malone 
Oh my goodness, John! What a scary sight to behold. Poor thing, too. You never know what will happen around Halloween! 🎃😊
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I’m waiting for a host of Halloween posts to pop up —
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Exactly! Due to some struggles, I’ve been watching a bit more TV than usual. I love mysteries and Halloween thriller movies (typically 18-19th century type settings,…old castles, homes,…). I don’t like gore! And of course, I’ll be watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”. I’m a total American traditionalist at holidays apparently, lol. Take care,John!
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you too, Karla; that story took place almost two years ago to the day; we were there; I thought it was the right time to dust it off, give it a new coat of paint 🙂
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What an over-the-top, unimaginable thing to witness! You gave it a great new “look”, John!
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So much foul play at foot this time of year. Zombie ‘roo is a new one for me. Thanks, John.
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thanks K; the original piece was posted two years ago almost to the day but it was autobiographical and melodramatic; I toned it down and gave it a fresh coat of paint 🙂
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Looks brand new and just as fast-paced as ever. 😊
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yes, I trashed the original melodramatically called ‘Execution on the Golf Course’ a few hours ago; it was way over the top even for me; this one shows more restraint and I hope is better for it —
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I like that title as well, though. Grabs my attention, anyways.
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goes to show that two or more versions of the one thing can co-exist; the concept of multi-valency —
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My kind goes straight sci-fi, as if two of us are strolling around together somewhere or there are three or four versions and we’re all petri dished for some higher powers experiment.
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it’s probably better your way because the writing settles into a mode where it feels comfortable —
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terrifying circumstance
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yes, as though it were almost ‘staged’ for this time of the year ; cars do speed along that stretch of road and it is a semi rural area so I suppose this sort of thing happens now and then, sadly
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I wasn’t sure how your poem would end … 😦 such a sad fate for the kangaroo at any time, but even scarier this time of year.
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Huh, wonder what happens at night? Boo’s playing golf with bone clubs and eye balls.
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hahaha; now that is truly Halloween material 🙂
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Wow, what a thing to witness. Beautifully put across as always, John.
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A very Halloween ending…well done John.
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That’s terrible and out of the ordinary. Wonder what could be stranger than this…
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