021/365 09/11/2025

When it comes time to run, you just gotta run. Just like you practiced. There’s no time to think in the night. No time to stop and get your bearings. You run. You count steps. You cross the field. You count five in the shadow of the old hangin tree. You listen for dogs. Then it’s 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 steps down though the gulley and to the wagon wheel. You grab the shoes there and mark the red star. Pick through the two trees you can barely see, and that’ll get you to the root ball. Put on the shoes there. You’re gonna need ‘em for the next part.