Robot Rachel

photo by: Sandy Cummings

“Let’s play Robot Rachel.”

Robot Rachel silently circles the neighbor’s house in a slow silent pursuit.

She has
her arms o
ut. Her
hands
limp.
Her mouth long and open.
Her eyes
big blue
beetles.
No cost-
ume.No
mask. I
am
Robot
Rachel.

My victims, the neighborhood kids, run away screaming in terror. The moms hear the shrieks and abandon the Days of their Lives to investigate the days of ours.

“It’s just me. We’re playing a game. Everybody’s fine.”