Prickly City by Scott Stantis for September 23, 2022

We had plenty of dead, but they weren’t walking.

“We WANT them infected!”

And though you fight to stay alive

Your body starts to shiver

For no mere mortal can resist

The evil of the thriller

Michael Jackson

A commute for some can be a chance for decompression between home stresses and work stresses, and vice versa. But it can also be stressful and prolonged interval in which you’re neither able to work nor to recuperate. I can see why many people hate to go back.

ThrillerMichael JacksonIt’s close to midnightSomething evil’s lurkin’ in the darkUnder the moonlightYou see a sight that almost stops your heartYou try to screamBut terror takes the sound before you make itYou start to freezeAs horror looks you right between the eyesYou’re paralyzed‘Cause this is thrillerThriller nightAnd no one’s gonna save youFrom the beast about to strikeYou know it’s thrillerThriller nightYou’re fighting for your lifeInside a killer, thriller tonight, yeahYou hear the door slamAnd realize there’s nowhere left to runYou feel the cold handAnd wonder if you’ll ever see the sunYou close your eyesAnd hope that this is just imagination, girlBut all the whileYou hear a creature creepin’ up behindYou’re out of time‘Cause this is thrillerThriller nightThere ain’t no second chanceAgainst the thing with the forty eyes, girl(Thriller, thriller night)You’re fighting for your lifeInside a killer, thriller tonightNight creatures callin’The dead start to walk in their masqueradeThere’s no escaping the jaws of the alien this time(They’re open wide)This is the end of your lifeThey’re out to get youThere’s demons closing in on every sideThey will possess youUnless you change that number on your dialNow is the timeFor you and I to cuddle close together, yeahAll through the nightI’ll save you from the terror on the screenI’ll make you seeThat this is thrillerThriller night‘Cause I can thrill you moreThan any ghoul would ever dare try(Thriller, thriller night)So let me hold you tightAnd share a(Killer, diller, chiller)(Thriller here tonight)’Cause this is thrillerThriller nightGirl, I can thrill you moreThan any ghoul would ever dare try(Thriller, thriller night)So let me hold you tightAnd share a(Killer, thriller)I’m gonna thrill you tonightDarkness falls across the landThe midnight hour is close at handCreatures crawl in search of bloodTo terrorize y’alls neighborhoodAnd whosoever shall be found

Ach! Such whiners!