There was a dead man lying on the side of the freeway tonight

[sgorny]

He was just lying there, half in the fast lane, half across the fog line, all twisted like a corkscrew. I didn't know him, I don't know who hit him, I didn't actually see him get hit. The police had just arrived, and he was just laying there.

I'm kind of freaked out about it. I mean, it's not like I never saw a dead person before. Cadavers in school, bodies at the mortuary (I used to date a student mortician)... but not the immediately traumatically deceased.

The SO doesn't understand, thinks that it's more of a "huh" thing. But I'm freaked.

What do you think? Would it bother you a lot, a little, or not at all?

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[oasis6028.livejournal.com]

I remember an accident when I was a kid. It was right in front of our house. They put a couple of the injured people on our porch till help got there. Nobody died, but I still remember that event from so many years ago. It scared me mightily. I totally understand why you freaked out.