I am immobilized with fear. I forc e myself upright and wipe the condensation from the windows. An orange fog rolls down the empty highway. In thedistance, dogs bark warnings to each other. They have gone.
Deer emerge from the fog.
For the remainder of the night, they wander strips of gras s beside the looming shapes of trailers and cars and RV's. A state policeman stops me in the early morning. He is young and pink-skinned, with short white hair. Immediately, I recognize him. He shines a flashlight on my face while reading from a laminated card.