The Flasher First published in Airengs, Summer 1997 (England) the car parked ahead of us car door opened inviting us to see an exhibitionist sitting there like a baited trap inviting soft furry animals curious as cats looked in saw it we leaped to escape running like impala as if the veldt were on fire flames chasing animals what we saw might pursue us listen you can hear our running feet animals breathing a storm of hooves we screamed for our mothers homework forgotten the notebook spilled my new pencil lost Mary Herbert |