Thursday, July 26, 2018 5:28 AM

I walk down the dark path to my gate. I stop when I look across the road. Someone matching my size and build is silhouetted on the opposite path, also standing still. My first thought is that I'm looking in a mirror, but I quickly remember that there has never been a mirror there nor any reason for one. After a moment, the light behind it, perhaps a motion sensor, clicks off. When it clicks on again, the figure is gone. A battalion of cats bursts through the open gateway and scatters. One, black with a white spot on its head, runs up to me, rubs its head against my foot, then disappears into the darkness.