Diary of Zeke
An alien craft crashed in the East River in the middle of the night. The sole survivor is rescued and taken in by humans, but has total amnesia.
October 12 2025
Dear Dairy
The word Father told me before sleep. Dairy is cheese and white juice from cows. And writing. Language is confused. Mother is home soon. Zeke will ask. Father working. Buster dog does not help. It grunts. Sometimes makes loud noises do not like. Mother is home. Bye.
Zeke
October 13 2025
Dear Diary
Watched a picture box story with ET and with the glow finger. Small human hides like Mother and Father hides Zeke. Father asked for glow the finger. It not working. Father laughed at dairy. Said diary. Mother liked diary. Mother said to diary will make remembering. Clock on my arm now. Mother put it. Noise for shower is a larm. Father say Zeke has steps counted. Not understand. Mother said diary does not work in shower. A larm for next shower. Is 7 shower. Zeke is happy more in shower. Does not breathe water. Window in shower that opens small for Zeke put fingers outside feel the cold. Hearing city noises. Sees the humans. The vehicles. Are down below. This house is very tall. Houses out of window are also tall. Mother said the Buster noise is barking.
Zeke
October 14 2025
Diary —
Zeke like hot showers. Dinosaur park box story made me scared. Mother said not real. Dinosaurs are extinked. River was cold cold cold. Dark. Father saved Zeke. Not remember before. Mother make Father to bring Zeke home. Mother said Zeke is friend can stay before plan. Father said call nassa. 97 sun cycles Zeke counted. Mother said no hot line for aliens in East River. What is hot line. Ask Mother later. Father talked loud at Mother. Buster barkinged.
Zeke
October 15 2025
Mother of Mother is home for eating. Zeke hides the closet. Mother said fun game like ET story. Not happy like story. Zeke wants shower cannot Father said put machine on Zeke making steam. Skin better not best. Best is shower. Diary not working. Not remeber. Eating. Laffing. Zeke sad cannot shower or be family. Mother Mother has noise like Buster. Asking Mother the word when talking.
Zeke
October 16 2025
Mother said freekwency. Freekwency. Freekwency. Freekwency. Freek wency. Un identified air craft toon to freekwency. Remembering from before.
October 17 2025
Diary is working. Remembers in 1 shower. Mother and Father sleeping. Zeke is not Zeke. Zeke name in language is lo thee are breck ta mal. Family is coming to home. Remembering. Happy. Family is home 12 cycles. Mother and Father not happy to be extinked. Sad remembering.
What you just read was a redo (undo) of East River Incident — now unlisted. I originally wrote what you just read, chickened out, and massaged it into something safer. The resulting story didn’t feel quite right in its more anchored and explanatory form. — Japheth