“Down Courageous Street” by Kendell Johnson

1 The star goes from a slow crawl to moving faster than a shooting star. It streaks across the sky west, leaving a long trail of light behind it. “That was no star….” 2 As he turns his head back around, a blue dot catches the corner of his eye. He turns back, doing a double take to check it out, but it has already crossed his field of vision. A tic-tac shaped object streaks across the sky and comes to a sudden halt. The object is white with a blue light at the front and back. The object adds a third light to the bottom that slowly grows. The man lets out a noise, something resembling a moan, a groan, and a screech. He turns his head and runs, leaving his cart. 3 Clarence doesn’t even open his eyes and he can already feel the light reach his cornea. A large tractor beam hails down upon him. He looks at Bob and Bob looks back at him. As if now floating weightless on the air instead of the water, Clarence, and his pool floaty defy gravity as they are pulled up into the opening bottom of the tic tac. Clarence can only think “Who or what is flying this UFO and what do they want with me?” Let’s just say, Bob never poured another margarita.