I Want To Run

I'm standing on the porch when they come.
	I Want To Run
	It's twilight and the brush smells sweet.		I hear the hum of insects, the movements of small reptiles and birds under the sage and juniper.
	In the distance I see them coming around the bend...		...on the dusty mountain road. I recognize all of them.
	A mob. As soon as I see them I feel excited and I want to run. I wait untill they are very close, so that they can see that I see them then I dash into the cabin
They come after me and I barely manage to close and lock a back bedroom door in their faces.
		I hear someone say, "I can get this door open with a screw driver." My heart is pounding from the little burst of physical activity and I'm filled with glee.
			I rush to the window, open it and push the screen out.
I know that I have to hurry and move before someone thinks to come around the building.		I'm out in an instant and quietly close the window behind me leaving the screen on the ground. I glance around to make sure that I haven't been seen making my escape.	I'm tickled pink thinking about them forcing their way into an empty room.

		Then I run along a fence into a little brush lined ravine. I run as fast and as far as I can go untill I am out of sight. I wait.
When I think that they must by now have realized I am not where they expected to find me I creep back to the cabin.
	I stroll in the front door thinking I'll suprise them by coming up behind them.		The mob is gone.
There is only one member of the party left and he isn't looking for me.		He has come to talk to the one who is always there.
I tell the leader of the party: "That wasn't much of a hunt. I expected a chase from a predator like you. Or did you expect to play dead until I came back for you to bite me?"
		He smiles nervously, trying to be polite despite his dislike. We both know he isn't here for me.
He wants the one who is always here for him.