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8 Blimp<br />
“I’ve been in this here county my whole life,” he said creaking<br />
back-and-forth on his rocking chair. He turned toward me and<br />
repeated the statement, “I’ve been in this here county my<br />
whole life,” and then he added, "except that three-day stint<br />
when I ran a ferry business. It had me traveling all across<br />
county lines.<br />
"But it wasn’t no regular boat ferry, it was a blimp.<br />
"Yes, I saw a blimp for sale in the local paper sold by a sad,<br />
squirmy kid named Skip. I reckon Skip didn’t have any right to<br />
sell the blimp, but I bought it fair and square, paid in full, .<br />
"I fixed it up good, that blimp. Repainted it and redid the<br />
interior, was able to fit 15 nice leather seats, cupholders<br />
included.<br />
"That first day, I parked my blimp in the field right next to the<br />
ferry port. I shouted at the folks lining up for the ferries, ‘Come<br />
ride this here blimp, best mode of transportation there ever<br />
was. Bring your coffee and your juice, we’ve got cupholders.<br />
"Only one passenger came by, a droopy looking woman in a<br />
faded paisley dress.<br />
"She said she was going to Area K. I flew her to Area K. A<br />
regular suburban neighborhood.Three kids sitting on the<br />
sidewalk carving pumpkins. Every mailbox on the street<br />
decorated with a little paper ghost. Strangely quiet in Area K.<br />
The droopy woman looked at the children sitting in front of her<br />
mailbox. They scooted away so she could grab her mail.<br />
Envelopes in hand, she walked up the driveway into her house.<br />
She never turned on the lights.