flow Lncrcaeifl~, he had
scan ycuterday on tile buses,
"And tub they. bath," just tnt's a loud 3(ly I his head
iran. rhe carla' eqL'-cnses; Di ra! sexuality, at ~'' a ucheti.'
o~ thinking a-',d in trie end believ~ra that C had taken ;reat
pleasure ii ncis from our into~icating~ I nigit. E sex he had bad
with the r,irl s~ Jan now threatening to destoy our tbinkir£r:.
Fock btron,,hout, further. !le had types, the teaching Gra}ia~ at
his rrevious correctress was wrLttcn RI I over 1-mg. Ore tine and
afte'·w. raMs. Wit,a~l sitting on his ·at arse.
~Wait!" he had taker- him home tat last, "Si~ up!"
Atta uudden~y he said, "Oh yes! no was awful (Lance)
as he sat in bt,e land of flor,~, thE floor and il~ Rr.d old and
heepin~ odd. T~.ey rode flare. :~al~L about fishy
"Give me..."
~fluh?" he was ranting '~o bhe thinq that wo,i:d respond to
riw.
"F~er gotng to get written about?" looked at t~s.
rnirror. Borne.
"This was not tite point I" he thour:~t into the hi
tehen and I is-ed rt'cordings of rte metaphors,
"'hen yo from the church next dzor," be continued with
the loud sonLe, ·'You ~ hurry!" he thoujrht too hi to orien
Our brain boxos or they will peal!
"It matters -~o anyone ba; the t,ene, and just tour t~o i
n£oflt.ati 0 in my ~lhdI" he was preparing hit in reality,
ehbinsr like a snake, and tqen it wasn't
"We nust be ta-aght -na~ Irnat you are. he gas fire but in
what directicn,tr.jat is ration. (!.n.) in made far solid rniles
of the tL&Itip~e, tie blind go:-40r,the deaf
mailiojan.
"ilcn't ~et too far~"
·'flice evolved I,' the edge of reality was indeed tbe 'sir-C
0£ any decisian was a deac enter, tbe hollow.
·r...and we are born dead and walking aronnd a eallery intil we
are dead aj'$in..." slay attemptcd to iwap tha phone and
then he quickly recrea'~sd it making some excitine, excuse up.
"ihe bire was dented!" +~hey thought to thenselves
after, it was hut irt a single ~ecord.
Since he had awoke, it wtas a atrar-Ce dream that he hact in the
rAr iftorning, "Con~d this be tr'ae?1ill IflA the mour~ed
ti~e?"
a
·ao-ng out?" he
thjugjit to ciake them tie] iwie he was awake.
"Surely you are fuokin skirt?" ~ey macir ci itself into
so-n. ething caLled rea~'ity, a born and bred MoCirey tram inside
and a dan'er to them.
Re had a racing lurs-'h. returmng to whence he cane. Huwour had
escapea then. So d~d his hou&.tss to he turned to tho fL,rarc
whict:
watt walsing toward, the~ s-'o~iy. ~he two jorre windows a-nd he
nigntLJJed like sweets arid romper st'-ibs'.
"YOU! It's open," and soi'rtd bell wed of P' asti(.'
·ye.'~. ow corakers He was playing ri snurA track at first b'~
thL'fl the ·#oird tiju.~. said, "the uk) was bri!'ianti~'
r~.isiri". it's fin;tcr. toatinjand he could ~'nnt alout
th~r.k.
"Now you must be in our drea-as"- as we are neib
door." mey stood Un in hope, it cor:tinued,
"We at first pick a tiTty crc.
Ubje Lf wtr are to survive?" He r& t love, t~e ~el
evi elan. He opened a crock of drossy shi b~
"014AP!" it u1ioke tt2ought.its nose and quickly walked
i~-nco~brolle so that everytning co~d his airy body out. He
lisLenel with a penis like thiny, and bhen did what nee~ed .1 ike
a sound of a large f~y lut with a smile on its jace which was
eight feet long now, He trid the sane feelirA, Trath. flow, He
c..Oij] d Z speak.
"I don'tr" ii, said. he lirid been walkin;, ~hroup,h.
"~ pants, trint you nonid possibly use?" the cold had
hit nirn ~uddenly. "~ery and ar.ythin~ from try ticy brain,
my atti seems to be movin~ vary slowly sl~nd,
"Tnrat one for you to comprehend."
'rhey coad just about keen ·av wit,, it.
"as mastubation so~c 'ort of a Sign?"
'Pararijod?" not at; if they had,
·'Ttat would make rny s~pnriors r.arry...u r:.'r it c.on'd sense
rore trian the o-~ner'; nou:d tt,i r£k.
·'~t hat i can try an" nort your hand, I can toll that you
are hav~ flg trouble."
"Its just too vast." every bht-.a was or '.bier
aoruunieatin;: as Ofle nearly.
wren eventiia?ly everything was visible, bovertng in tne sky. the
place or hounds. I~im approaehtng to tsr now,
"Abe are they?"they turned s1ie~tly towards each
ott-cr.
"Its somethin£. to wrttrewrite about!"
"how a~ you fee.' i.'ig?" she was there.
"I'm not one of them? Yet the T.Y ? the druqa, and teahna?~
,'m0 be frank, who the tack are ~hey aryw~'?!
Fith?" he rernetm~:ered the ifalleria the :ervous~y. He
dj(ln'.t like the very possibility of marl and W=Lafl tbe six
sizes n-nd nirbers that were approaching, in shops, lyir~, in Lhe
pout of a slightly speeded Un voice.
'-~ney 'all seemed to be saying the same tbin~.
lake watohi'.d hi~ rrarn behina. After-contem platued across the
realms of space.
".bslk dawn the three flights of n.th~.r Inte~ ~ ijerce. '-
-'ris was the mark- Mon were busy, arid if -.6 could he'd know
somehow how to deal with it. 'Ahich a~r.varia,1e played radio one
on this dumb k IrA of planet. '41w could 'save us? As he opened
~r;e glass entrac. Rest, tnc rabbiti. it cr,ribac Led. ~hvelopes
came twabj ing at him. It wou~d to some hope ror Ltie huir. and
it wou]d be the same roulbry ~fl. the dreams of the apoea]yr3sc
ways spsr~in~ at the bac:< of his slcLr. and had itself becoLe
the nigkit. Ha checked, he had become beajti1~lly withdrawn and
sheepish, somehow con to Uhe steady kind rk:ythn. at Lhe s~ere3.
The only thi~', loft to do. Just rec'£er-roo, I he opened
the mailitari and leaned politics which had beijir talen as a
rest. The ba;h Wkfl runnina. SI it seriansly were the
ego-4n'niaos, who's reltaus ;o the warmtn at Lh'wttore,harm
br.&r£ pood. c~ts. aS I hu tnanta,'ud, nt' had to,
¶e tare all fucked for sure" aujUst Lite day he wps nct
iookir4,' forward to. 'IC computer ter~in&l he rushed Lo hnvc
to nag WI bh another fi~~ty odd read messas;oa. fle salivated r£
kits orrice.
"Still it's green, the computer screen..." he sqng.
"We c~iriob ~ K~ this at, crier, tie '.-a~ld " they
told him.. -
"aTCr!" ~hen the sos-i've or a poibr la~y gi b
arsi Clie idea flashed
on. Er. stared our over wha; toricy cnu!(i never buy him, across
the ristni' mist.
"Disperse." tkte do~ -or k~d to3d him over his cheek.
the ~orld was farilliar ~o him as t~iey Irnd seemed now.
JWLL5,JufltJ'10Ui1t5 ." l!ow wou~d his disej CS
OLD on tkie aspec La at alchemy take? 'OW Warty ~i~es will they
sit on the surgery door that day?
"This land forms us all into thIs perCect body fixate."
'tad be ever bad lives, like '-r3e typewriter drains his urine.
"ie'tcd and scruLinized ir~Cj being a secret youtn, who
basted to a certatn extent the bat also,w;-£o also while a
strange amount .1i~e the razar. itn onti;y which is no lor4',er
needed. in fact a few ti'iy spots, as ttje boy rat cryins. Sma] I
boy to tne morki. A stiarpiab sting gave him a thrill. Leering
into the boys ceart. Blood,the wreath cauJacing ortto the snrodd
of sharp cheques, antwjt the dirty bat~- mat. After
cai'"1~Ily defired areas. their eyes toanted the bread. jic
dressed &&d vened.
"Who?" by now he hat wriggled away, sure that
the door was secare.
in any pain?"
Once LOOn a time me afl~~LOt of the housing benecit could start a
fictiLious t'tj-ry.
After a slow ten rintat,-; stroll her ~ ~ad ena~t wine to Bit and
do. Karlier ne ~Ook bh~ wije that tilled thirsted tellies while
~hey baked up at Itic box on the wax:
town, Lhe corridor irito tt£c fli6lt. ~anat wata fli ready damp
with sweat that stamirers Ukie way Lbrj ugh anuLflt'r.
non ~rsat!" tncy sat by the buinit~, cometary. hey
were in for a lonr. wait.
"Who cares abo'jt lire? -,he e~ent Jr "Yen a rag ror
that Lq"abLer. bhe simul Laneous entity w':31c:'. 7 ea9. ed.
But Lt hq.d, "jee!
l:e had 'twokon sharply as a continued conversation took place
between a flew eflerej, ~ perfection, tney sunrLscd kjJ~ when the
friendly tn.in~:t.s seewed like a crael dissapointint' thLng in
;hc cookies of nis cynica] }ienrts solubiori.
"j:}j jtions~ j-~hit arid Puck!" he w'.r, out of tho
pub, te tat with rho friend t:,la~. was.beckoninty, the
berinnine. was a sour£ ~bat a Jew wct,.kenns ago t'iey b~.A.
·'£';Ow Ins react is that ~ the fatal, 011.0, tIto cam
atrnosvhere, as if the orb rAnipulated that vibration!"
The aura, silting in si:ence, wanderinr: into a qutet PIRO"
with ros Lly o~der LeirigL'. 'ttVc.'L' or energy an tufo.
~ialking to themaelvo iven his son and the other ~are exr.loslvc
red gentluren walAed in, resistenlly or.' -igtt:~ Unier minds for
a lager or a go 'd 1abe~ - They underetood t:-.e skin ~utt we a'~
irhacit.
"Shaven faces would wait expectir-g land. - ." t£'
co.32d go on all day for them, theprice was cod but goad. Tenran~
then he would~
...arA records, t~e records~" fannily enough tn-is secmed
like eter~ity.
"They're alike~ They like having. Oflly row have i noticed
Borne sort of energy very deeply by such waves." the sort
irriterms, with
--no aQyjous control there fat reads turned t~wntd~ the
LeoF.nology.
Sight and sound was p-aced high ant of reach qrjc was utructuring
itself witnin, atteribively.
Occasionally manipulated usitie everytnine,, Ihiek. broken by the
t:a] V j%j~], racang no s~epician thrjugn t:~a. eyes. the blurred
ane'; contc,rt red windows. Even sis !rec.'tir.g'.t CBWC~ he t03k
the messages jar severBL hoirs. He continued to
trav&'.' I'.:e zig-zag stairs Cc Lhe Crant door, the wontoth
cosmos a-cl ~cpc. Pu] ,y w'rs Uhe roi Sn of the fain~ radios aim.
:.,r..e prod'e-~t tr.a. woed the wrole time tha, thcy were
workin',. ·rhe s;-j~ and the shi£eada or. the hal'. doors, the
browr.L4 arc: the Wtj tes, the animals, the verstabion and feet.
':0 th3~)1-t knowin;, cou-d IC made. the then at least I He
counted as before, the thoirg.rt was a't.arJLc race. It .~'d
~~ust beon scaring him 'i busy ir, amount. fletarning up the
sLairs to mare Ioo~in', and feel .:r&g.. tired. £iflLuids
which CaLC Croa th ~ ;viflg convinced that ~nis wus probably
toked closer ta the i'4ro cheque. Fiently the new sind of teat,
ace of -ippin',. lnto it he fo~t tLie cant.':e 'oke. The few who
did seern tank wit',er and layed back,
·'Ooooh,·" it wati ocurocracy that wan.. doir4'.
a ~ Ct. "'jo out and nort out thE rent-rebate Tact I"
t'hL' uhouted, ''shy ion' t vo~ answer to the flLiSber4;ame?"
which ha ·~Ou] dn't!
Tn crc was a loud na-se frow. tre occ. weary lives in the swea4
he]) Over it as ib bltep~ and f] bk-neat-,
"Paying for it? he mouthed Ihe bhou;~ts as he read it on the
bria~t1ed. lie liked Inc tnoue;'iC or bein~ savea.
"You no* stop. '.ini a row world, anitner scorer we.' of
wc.'aJ tF; that will appear~ as 'a iekly.'t.s ~e spoke this was
soinn',r4' Ir. htq. skull eyes. Es watt-hod t-.e water
for a long time.
"Cool it!" ire had seemed vague, a so Iit:try be~r ran
to (~eek the cover, to h',t it off.
;laYlfl4 a lengthy direI~" dyine, are. ~at could be the
~.igr.r. of abuse trat helped to I cad t:tr mt to weep. How ]0r4;
woald it be? It was to cc thu ir.oti~ enjayao-e trip bituation.
anin:ar~[~ . destruc,ion ms a" he uw~\:ei and oouttec~ the
actir~. nora]
Lacflifle" tRLC over traji tLe assessed, this social
tistory. "~c
*£rds £r~ ·ts user, and tne call w~s j't.~ttLnr cold.
La i-~tad a ek.a~e, tal~~ng 10 wi id bu-~ req soonle arnRritlons,
he wiped ri S nt'ck in Lhe aui&£ s-~r'jnF,en..'sR, it Lfl ~t
reas)on&Jle, the reo:jiro~ent to be, sc,rt t toad appearea
in. twttarieI3unly. To be a wqstcry in risery, y('.:, "..e
liked t~e pain they ~l "..~e star£ing arojr.d. Itw'au blue
an', ·.'qflt taJ tt' stepped ciat noun rig over the b' uq
I inoneam,
"A can ci eo.~prr-s~3 and a slice cr or~~wn. - ." floor
soil li~?? qaickly over the cured trt-j the Iruny
turd -,own. ~nkies & I fixed on the screamirs before s lowly
walkin;, in tre dire .-~ron ureir a itt' a' but be was no
jor-". C"' Ian - Ilie cnest felt ·~ip;-.t oni ca~,
tinned to dream,
'It isn't et:J';e!" ILL' was in --no nI ace
L~C had t-r.agined, even lied
~b~O We all till'o-tiakct?~ and trus loosed at it, ~i9Cfl down.
"1 'UL down tc drink tire-rilis, read 98..." and gie
ticket he had a re-roman man,..
inc card] es ran fror, his sticky fingers,
·'Read 66, are far away from otur Boet.Cur lives as the roet...
arid only ano--ter 68, Peop3e before my crue:' rn~etaphor."
"It roLs -;ne £ru-; t-rc.tiity, I, ~ de~perate1y needed joy
so
patiently that v,noever cried, yes thaL would 0001 hiw. down.
Jtkean =tuial b'~akdown of -.?c tal~' Uni. It got better as he
sat ard wait it ~ttve bi~ so nueb enerey. . like i swa-- arroup
or then. it nlwgyE sued to ~.t ink a lot rare, not li~e this
itapro nod, but !t wnrLed them qil, the hum- afle kind ol
gesture.
Afterw~trds he went :~r a p,L; Lfl effectual w~'k, a spanking gay
,~ro~n of Arracass. That t.e bad it!
of course they hq.d ai~t waLked about the wic'~ed world, and the
nourA or rn-.e big coslaic vitrazion had eat there in the w.ug~.
heat which also inhabited trje precious everyrL'dy in -f-c bar.
~~takcn fron the innocent cherry now and --hen. A~ wqs rho
s-n', tht men sitting arotiad ecntemplattr4r disheve: led
irformati on. They bRd bccn taken trum react',1:;LO thier pockets
for ha: f-laxatives wbich t' C riourse wcrc half E, or
simethins,!
Irihey. ·' he snid, " are puckered"
"And us?" as was uhe ott qo miscantly bar tcnder.
"They are on d ru£s £ortunatc.' jy -
"AlL.. flurry eyes, pathetically noping rot
yet another craviny." he was broke and ct'rtain a few of
tbem had a fetish ro~ --he pine.
£~'jsie played as the old Lhoufli t on.
iri~hey have actually corne to see the snooker on tf-e
~elevtt,ion!"
Weigh vibrations. or --ho first levaeb, thier faces wa'~ched Iris
screened. lie liked tne wsiy ttls landed thier flack 0'? cancer'
trati on. Wjuld £15 mind?
"he are beir~ drunria,..
A few young men were in a few macden; recently whore they puiled
the -,able at tho Ir side of ·jflC c",'iti'l i.e'- or th~
c-dora. Ar, unfor'.una'.e oth':r sIde. '9hey were at
--'Ic uar wrier,, lie rc~embernd back to the great weekend - 'To
him, te walked, untrjre thieraf a few rOrILILS ·t~o. Everything
hanp~s. u'hqtt. y.iut? psid they h~d a few drinks e~en tact
acitBi
:1. answered sti3i, t'..'o-arh as rn;aql they had turned down and
out. "Ia' vs you E for fl',,-nstab~e?" It was bin
home town, was nodding.
,L:e told her that the evering was a new exception, They had
anked htm when he could sb~rt. The Ohini' -french teacher ere'
they bad to earL uo~e money all be it a poulcry wir-g in
Thar~ ODC. A scary devil
de~elopw.ent. After Aner they hi- it off very well, t~ey h~j
events. 0 swa£7.gerc.d around -.be hours arid sat on ~be sofa
with them. Did lie ~now that it wo'jl d be biia. he looked
np, AIXi dilrq. Ira "lashed .~p iL the noultry hours of .~is
worth'.ess reimer.'cerlng; Its nether waking him afler a while
:~e itra en~'Oyed.
After w'aTetlfl£- the cockney -hey ti.q(i ac,fle tO a
flicie corn-try ~o
#~nd him up. He wel kod note t-roa£'~ the malls ~viliag,e'
'l'2La'y t-~d sat there and been sold!" he ocular t bear
tryir£g not
la srew. wich w'&S Rn and. T~o 'k-ir.:friend'
.would.at-Jeatit try to
be concerned. They sa~ there ·*ith norrality, to .~1"..der
~i.m he wute 4-er.l i np~ sick and Lired tn their
stornual hi~',. ~ut it wan there. Ee lent the usual first drink
of tn Cray, Omp, for a long tir~ he n"eded Lhe laud ...Then
a fr~end of hia fatbers gi-iLar sat. In ~here
wae ~ not Lcabli, ·ah:rrt t'han~e in atmosphefier. Un loudly be
thrashed Ofl, tarted, ac;ing sAl ty~ ~hey see:;ed to bed
fl:1tunr'.a~.n?'~Y and notentartly band He was just ci tti~.~N
Lhere t'akt','. the land of the noise, where hours tu's friends,
Re was a rascist shE ubag. Be via
-~he dtssaarpeared, mo2entarj'y .at.BAine various innoci3ase
coI=en~t,.
A couple of yeara ago he was all about ehoottna 'inge] S. Asians?
tnoy ed and purred to him, vibrat~r', cou'.eZ react as this wo',]
d react as tuis, would have, on: & Oxj~d i;e really do it on
his Own?
It possib~y c.u~d, the ceging rascisLe! it was asda sad.' The
~tal waa served in frosned ~ would tjo '"to town, to 1 kind
of iys;ery bag.
·'£ash ar£d peas?" he ~as one of them. ho did and bCLUVTh
SI tossing a
t'i~n in his tend ins-sad, it WRO the way ~hat wati! be hnd to ,.'at & it was a Lostied v(?gRtariqn t:~rflup.
Yep be ]on~ed tie any,
blamed lor beir-g picky, the ty he relt.
After aLl he wqs blamed for them a-aburban io~.k. He had jy,
where,
that cosmo know-it-allcher£;.e,
~flela-ohanr,e was an imr:}ssjble (1flInOfl th~t livod
here..." it was the R peovle, wS~n they had arrived home
~ijsed.
Ec sat in the b~ok with tne TV. making litt]e menta~ n'jtos as
too
~appened to be or a girl. He had feet-sty:e value and thou4!bt
back
to Ed with furry foiar-soms titen. Xe Cit?t.
"*-ho,??'1 it seemed ~ike they were expected to be,
for a moment. London was havine~ quivering home brew and whiskey,
"Down th'inb ~ive a toss abo'jt any, Lnine r.ieht, Lhe
evenbija]
blasin;.: alchemy." they were o~ i' group or rp,.nerationl
I~ had really started geLt~ing alt, idle.r>~anet.
"C Idle 9lanet!~' hip s!Ou ted wi L~ a death wish
q.t his father.
ilad tnr"atened LO punch JLrrorEr£g younp.t'r bro'~hbrs
annoyed. He tAd swore bat told ;fle tn-truth. Tncy had what he
had often g.ot~en arC dono tofi~ for gin ahi tonics. !'ow in
diseapo.ntment they simply w,'Y~ed W''s. For hi~ the epitomy of
it ajone with norats~in staring over bhe typiole suburban Lents.
~'hey bad walked home out of touc~?
"&') GO!" Iben again he didn't if the roundines,
tho rear or ~e attack in tk:erL,~arnl go ~rot around the rond
white boyti!~
IRger .I.outu, LLflrest in the titreets, hi, ktad enJoyed bre
cro:I.aeo ennugh and no had often witneseed by the street. Itor
him t-I.ese off ~bs were like music, onto bloodstained tht~~ti be
exan', r.ed.
I.:rie ~ .1,...~ onoc. it r.ad been him, not far from lr~ [Vo5 Fe
did aug-b onil itliLijy towards hit, setutry c~r and tad been a~
arourA. ~herc were flo~ raverfi, spec,auy I~ac! of Ukem, them,
then one guy stepped till dupey to t~cre own suit
in the rnoonlipht. lie had p at 'in his expression. Ee was an
anerril gutsy guy or about eeven'~een. ~..e hac lunged, these
dude~ ani cbaps were so. lie, red syrcat had nir. down >..is
rorehewi.
Elves on the same wall!Looking at first, ebbi'r~ down oortinues.
"LTD we a]] a1]ies7~ but i-~ wau too late, the d~npced elf.
Anci chen he reinen,bered hin,sel£ to the -~ospital to be stitim
in a couple or nottht, tile. Q~ete bad to be.
hien slouctea 11 and g~tberi.'d around at the ~entrc of the floe
uP the bar. 'In ~ooI'ed tack '~owp-ds the st'~borr. rnis4-iving.
~erc re noticed t.~e wonan. j"he war a sL~na] t-£at had
haprened wi Lhin a broohare. Around to where sne ·nas. stt] 1
ned. neon pains we~l he had
been..
·'Your name?' she askea ~ ike a Cew n!d ncheo~ triends, stil]
cauLios
ol Lke situatic,c.
"Oh to be a real plorlAer , th' ii ia rare yo'a lone bar
work betore?" she ~ bac Ic his i~(.'t tavouri ~e place, bu~
everyt~ing s',~ 'a ~hed to hogi- was s&{d anu ~et with a very
nice yo-jn' ressq.rn~n-arL. Toni ph ho would botin to ac~u-elA
Sc.
"Abou : ~ht' '1 UL' . - -
1'A riyht non-try SUm!" he thouett, '"Ir. I
tse: J'."
They }ti J soomea nervous, lirre r raise start. The job hed it.
They acLV&flbUA-ly wnflder(id tone into t:-.e nary bar, hal
f-out qnd a!' smjlib'g sli;k!I:y LI:
£arnirg T.V chnckin r.onu~nse ~t L.D:a
~Lret thirty (1uid after another aimed up on the sores-fl. It
wan Lit rost ti~e. At
firsb ke had hnt"(J Lhe ;.er. Stx hours, fl~ cep. The day
had yet been the only tr".3]y sober or£ ti tF'c extent nf
his ntc~achee.
flp~j Irish 13L'ople.-.ry againi" be had eaten some meat, lb
was
I I (,Ome'~:-.i rig that ne habed. Fated tt all
tF.oug,h, as ii F:e felt the i]Jne.'tm- ot' his parents ort L~is
own cack. All she did was 14...
"over there." ne nn~ nted flyer tu~rda the ~ rirgo tin
r:ks. 'hey were also growinir tired o~ it. It was aches in t~ere
heads 'ihorn net boon, or he had drean~rt. at ran~in& aw'y
frOTh, itna
thaL was ii.. Es flat! drjnk end fleeced to dre'n, nrA he needed
tO p'ay.
its had caine iji th.~ mab, an the ama' spsre -Qan. ha'.
"~u-rned tre ear, '~peci p.1 ,y when the~ sat ~n ti:e
electric irist--unent,;.
- and ~ ?O 'Sr"
·'Are you having a d~-N ~t
'in?" o]d, i!any loo"Ae~'. back at hi~. lie could
qow~er, escape here.
"Aent, I a]] mo hit I One minute m." ho re~embcre6~
whore he bad baron, on tno next, he was nmkir-g jokes. She had
played on it, then tad sat there just va~ant, no aing! in that
special rippy way! He doabtably acLed as oppositely. F:e yawned
on. It was easy...
"'#5 had orders." but t was Sa-~urday and he was ree to
(13.
"'AR Ca Ite r"st ~r us'."' it
A"ad(." tell ii,.
·1To C-den marke~'? 'ird pose with 1.-en?!" ii.
n,sde flirn want to ia'aO; his head off. He midit make be--ter
then ne t-.oujtn"t he wou:d.
11r1s'se it wan of course di~4ic~'lt to
earn an exbra thirty quid in this srna"t gi t o.~ a timer
mibey were actually "-r.e way that he
':e:!t s'-L aJ of the other elipical reactions of
ir!norance in tbe land of cliches. ~as}'ion was jus~
Rceepted. Thu, knowiriff that-it-at aLl i!i?I heeled ar3d shades
utonis-i ity to these strsnNe dde was now a rart cjf hirn.
Yep he was We'. , --htj ,1~-nt eat there in front or the
'jattolito bar. detached ·ro~ ris freinds. 'Vhn,'.' Its rca'.
qualities, the awful lie, ma teen sexually arid emotionnily in
the od folcies ii Ite nospital.
"lb is callous, snal]ow and ·--nfee~ing,'" ho
"natched inem hate,and help LYe-a. se]v'.s to di.; rathcr
than keep. It had ijaite an effect on him really as he wa--ched
thi"r throats co¶tinue Into "~},e thi r~ti.
"any more?
ile gIL a, he din on ~chot.oJ Row, and t:~e near f'.'~ht
on wLtt the f~c'.ked
"Off with this stick, sicA o-~" bards In the pub?"
ho turned to her but I '&.tt-r when tile parents annoyed him,
tho ann, am of his mother,
V.a ha ha" they had sohbed bin and it riidn't ore there...
Ihe tru;r ct thier lives bad gone alound tiLe ~arket and no+~
abopped there, tn'e same respon"" or anger again In
various poopy flL~t'. Ire 'a out o£;.ne jub leavtrg, thew
irisec.
Eflt'ryt1i~~! about the wide jtomn in crazy nornal. 3udgl
n~ ways. t~e emply sometr4ng. twenty soinethin; ye'trs,
yeah! flit?. the stranpe nil
~ii. d ~inds. poncy p] acne 'ike the mall ansi rArer, tfle noit
suburb
The rout Suliurhe wMI,· cO=on crrtpp~nev,s ci lb
Dinnimir ~..hop md
bassed drurken beer trawl', Sri :.iL~r, out. 3 p2aces were a
meltinp
pot of dl=fered tarruac.', st1t~~iine., stopninp tra1~rtc dead.
r~e varloas uniforms or the so-c~! Cd, the police stattan.
.~£r had waked easily to hirst~ f. Vacnnt r~vnrs snin tround nr~
rurrounded the recoro .9hop blal . As eajid t~ noq.vy witr. his
white shirt shining of LLe rn'~nd-nwi~oitg~y serrarated. for
hands in ~~jis expectation pj~ LLe small grey r.oe--~r.ro,k'.h
he ~ust fi~rnred that...
flis bead towara.' nis. rhen the similar tt~ey j-ast differed. He
~ad
wanted to wipe .t at raway. ~ually he had -~e] t the pain even
Ltm~ly
was j ~ on bra Little wnll7 rad he been lone'.' and
be :~ad driven his mcther, who rushed rio bri.F:t
btothsr.ortcbc.d haro~~y.
"Me! whon they so on ~o] iday." he w'.s on tb n.e.
"jirne ·rae ft tok tick tived, t.'.c tiec of ?aospita~ness
was read from a hard day o~ ~otential d~'s. ?qr] tsr in th(' week
they had a] I t',ave a
'JLCb of relief as t:~ey visi teA.. t:-,e r,lace.a r.~-n down
deck. The b'ij.'d
or bhe buildirj, and peor~le were dis~9aflflintinrc.. lint
CS~,--he windows!
As t.-.ey truncized -hoot it would have been irpossible to flow
be waiting nob satis:iod wi ego'n to his very own. Siri3ar
whichever
way you care to try. Ana ttey hed visited a friends ahow
as they sal silently.
reop] S a-~ but more carable in that bicy hater" the bus
made a stor.
"On averag.e c:9~mF.e?.ves Mt ~(ia~e or theinare nttem~tin~
to ec or about the sea. and then ho% boring to scrutiny ar.A~
semiotic-cyni- modern-ran." t~ey acre never sqtisfied witi:
·~rebly.
"Enoaghi" t~e evenin' had eneeciel by, indeed -~iis had
tiecome nis two hands.
A] flie)'" wt:oreH hail bi ~ qijusti ons; reality?
what a caper. perhaps to a nor~al suburb it ~at~crs... cnc mary
another a~~rooious lies. Wkio was perfectly innocent? that was
simply too OLL¶eroutl to cent, of tne strict JOO~~~ nrc-packed.
En would jive himself a headache by tryir-g, roir4'.
to St. Dart~es. "hey reached. Blood ht'in't ftlnlnearea in
overarn.. raving bus. A nearby recordney. he contin~ed thin~ina
about rifling thro'j',h --he collectian o~ lyine,. By his skin
i'~ tethered hir, soft time~oise. he ltkeci tt,e ~nin~ tc be soon
to be beleivee.. He knew all correct. Faskion, it eado h-n ho,
a?: this busLaejiji, he lhoup,ht, notbint: of arost irrterent. So
they were ic his head, of ft doctor ir a while which was tackily
kitted out. Thoy were tacing him into a small room.
·'!ou are very prone. it wenid be mete narty excue, ~-e in his
head thou~-~, pirty an judes I It 'as a:.' one. E(i orderec a
Gin, ]at'kj ng in life like the ft'ckin;. fuckers. they sat near
the wind:'.ws
Il. To acconrany thin no wa~ still bored ty ~ust sitting listing.
'L'orLjffnt their ale, a bus down at the rjited, bhat wc'a'..d
go. Yes he was selfi&~, like the workers anbittois irq',-'own
i~nitinn. Ore of these re tworns 1' wi tn 'as. Tk,e proof was
with the Job. '.'e h,id aims that the rest of the dn~"tken
jerks the.t r.'un~ e~ery folly fool. Phsychio.Ary all called a
celleire with weren't a'. out ar,e Line would no longer Is Or
in.
"Rxepr yoa~ a L'kC ordanity to spota--
rretonl.iolus]y!" he turned and scared smiling, crouldn~t
IFflieve fl:9a-- he'd sti'] a lot of tire, but he did en~1oy. He
had arrived eany and gone in, to be able to be spontanoens with
suptise. Suprice full or illness.
History, isolated amy instrictors more than ~ed. himself t}'ts
every so o~ten. beccy undressed. He wore her ?o~, then hind of
beliefs to nave also. 9ats obviously, ~ryin~, dining, to be a
kind of co~rrunication addict wKo pestered the!q continually.
Symbols. but t~ia ~as inside wben his ~ime came be was relieved
and flow on a-~cther but. travellinr, towerds his thinnly Ilnened
lied,. ITe cringe, likirqr feourus, he crni'dn't ~elp thinkina,
of trickery. Cf tt:e X-ray camera...
That used nimijar ways of oorve~vin~ tt:c nun a- these
peon~e ~9ey weren~reaJ ar~*ay and f~:ir~9. were no exeption. ~he
police would p~t inrormed a touch ~ore ·~har: mule f'jnked rect~
'an into his prostra-~ They hated i-napen Lnt,tead. Lc jast felt
licked.
rhey found t:~ier sektr, in the ba1co-~y. and brid told htri what
they had founa. Ar'd ~ enou~h two and a half had Nnt lip 'tnd tried
La be a gnod extra memory. Credit to ibier n~-nes that had been
in iah(id up him tenaiod&-y about -
The movie enjoyed, tney hal. sort or enoynd it- The eterilo
nw~yr.d arji bounced. flown tF:e road, '.e thtruirnr rabout tht'
others sat miserab]e and without the drubeb.
nort' old patient people tban yonrg people been fed." hn,n
approached :1uiekly in a r~.arby pub. lb w~B ernty at
hn.~e. The nice cirrensive rip-off hl~sires9, they ARt talkir;,
the occat a-nd felt
about hjmne'f."e~'.i~uhiy her film entertained them unbil
they did wonder what tri inages of just another reoked 9·inday
and the nound or a] ri·cir~ made vagac with hi'n.s~ Ir It w~sn'
t. Tha-- for now they wonid Sit and ad Just rr,i. L~~(.'c and
shapcs of the poncy posh advert
·'ryflqts so hip...- yupplos." !rxear. nate!"
'flhL- day :j~d becri articly ticking along ~or sure and tl9ey
were so near. lie was to be worried, al] esuire. They t!flpped on
a 13135 after they heard abou~ the Art show arid had sat down on
the busy clnrr.v. topesolate building in town. Ehe place and
peorle played thor wa th themselves. Tn en he hadn't a cIlie what
to ex-thou,rh. Cxfords street everybody sleeps to compare thi9
fttreLe]e sLow wi LI' thier lives or triLer shopping. The
exaggerated normal normalIty, the rodel ra' tnoaghtn. nis head
spewed of Art. 'Phis was stringy 'imi lar to watching above the
streets. Ideas bod ~- scoffed at the red wine an" pissed
about every two minutes. The thougl:ts that layed thorn selves
·~are hire Corrw&' ' was~ Fe was deftrq.tly a si~Th from the
rene wi~ards. strarge the junk that 9cfle p(iocle pushed for ~d
at tne big wurehoune pcoplee party, Thich wsn tt[4 onjy
preoccupation recentiy. This had been his head. Tie dreamed on...
"floes it wean to be alive?" joes it where it could be
the ~ wierd gutsy obvious ane poir:tless qi'estio. would he be
spied Ilpor by thu rest of even thou'&rits¶ lot Lhat he did
nick the naradne. but he did awake on the buri& mound
understarAi~rg why he had those harry trousers on.
AlLhou6lh 'red Ir. 'si I np.:oi' had rol~.ed rrorn
Lter, a month ago, a wo-~'d be better in the hard chop of it
&. -, where ho tu~k ,,re't the plea the last Week. That he
had noticed of old and po~.~.ibly cheap a reeked archive
eornetirnes...at least ,h=. stuff could ink of milnie in thits
pseudo politenose. :'Te wqs ~Ahkinr a ]itt?e irratjonal.}Ijrn
feel clever, but there, salt, was er-ary ar,d ~e had a picture as
he adjourn~d to the nearby aflehonite, troat riashirN cut with
x-r'ays...
The pine and the Londnn accents. cockney told him how ion"..
he had left,
·1The noLmue I" ho mimmicked to .-lmsei r,
!~Ryerybody, i 'ri ;fl~rr to diet like in the filmsr" that
suited hir. an asual.
"boring and i~atile, ard a nose for my companion." he
was alone at-- the bar. ne rar: 013t of words and imaj;es sent
recently. Sn he sat tbihkinjr, aboub ~he day pro's ~ooking out of
the window, of the lilt c£ ~lass that suited hin.
"So they, as it were. are s'jited to bein6-..' it were easy
for Jun
10 say. Art wore a nase and he, woll, he wasn't. die urain
;hCuF.ht.
1~ wqq tiad. The L$UCLRfl obviously --ated serving
the drinks. Beirt'
it I he went to --he loony bin that they trust, t-e ccuZd havo
reiti 'y
flipped.
"Oh pretentious, as him, len." he was on is side, -j-cd
job tcj.
"Ljt he u--ill h a you kevin. (Ted) I" Ken thought
alond ~bout l'i9. drivel about bong an artist- - -