Spooky Still Life

The people waving back at her are jerking their hands down before anyone else notices the faux pas.  Almost everyone waves back here in the Midwest, but this one-armed woman is not real.  She belongs to our neighbor, Barb.  If anyone asks why she only has one arm, I am telling people that she used to have both arms… but one night, her left arm dislodged itself from the shoulder and went on a hunting spree around the neighborhood.  Some nights you can still hear it crawling around in the leaves, or scaring the squirrels who run away from it up in the trees.  It’s still out there looking for someone to prey on… maybe YOU!