"Bad Hunger, Heavy Lust, Awful Music"
Woke up at noon with fifteen sheets a paper lain cross the bed, fallin onto the floor, couple shoved underneath my pillow, one in my trouser pocket, spent the day wanderin round getting ever more tense on account of a growing distress, a gnawing in the gut roughly 89% anxiety, and ain't nothing could be done about that, but what's this other 11% right here, this rogue fraction, the hell you representin, fool?
Turns out it was nothing any more exotic than hunger, on account of I hadn't grabbed a bite a chow since the previous afternoon, not a single solid past the yap in 25 hours.
We Western types aren't used to being hungry, choking on our own plenty like we are, and so yeah, took a while for The Duke to recognize this sensation. Most likely I assumed the pangs to be extraterrestrial in origin, or at least the workings of some kind a tumour of the kidney.
We Westerners ain't never supposed to feel the roar in the ribs from a fortnight's worth a flat coke and nothing else, that's why the pedestrians all wander on and chatter bout what are we gonna have for dinner tonight, anyway, I'm fucked if I'm gonna be eating pasta again, and they never see the folks sat in the doorways with the shitty blankets cross the shoulders and the bunches a roses, couple quid a piece, maybe if you buy one I might get a burger or somethin, or maybe a cheap bottle gut-rot gin, since I'm gonna be hungry as ever an hour after I eat, and least if I get blind I'll fall asleep and it'll be Tuesday before I wanna think about ever eating anything ever again.
The thriving vibrant post-millennial stomp of Dublin City Center, and the ghosts of some horrific famine-riddled past just to the left, just down by the queues stood at the ATM, they don't say nothin cause it's bad enough having to sleep in full view of every meth-doused psychopath in the city, I don't need a mouthful of "Leave me the fuck alone, you scummy bastard" on top of it all.
And Willy Mason in the ear-holes for a time;
"Look him in the eyes,
There's no need to feel scared,
He's as powerless as you and me"
And on the postcards, there she is, the woman sat outside the Gaiety Theater petting a dead Alsatian at her side. Walk on, is all, just keep a danderin.
Article comments
1 - Bennett
Damn, there's a lot of posts hitting the BC board today, almost missed this. Thankfully my eagle eyes noted, and then remembered to follow up a few hours later when the day was winding down.
Still has a lot of momentum going right here. Very enjoyable story, you've got me tuned in, and waiting for the next installment.
Thank god BC publishes every day...
2 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
thank you Bennett!
i'm actually startin to get rather worried about this epic, on account of i think i'm in real danger of the kinda self-indulgence here that isn't "hilarious" or "endearing" in any way, but is in fact so far up my own arse it's bitin chunks out my tongue.
in somethin of a mental dilemma, i am.
i think previously HPW's saga was as self-indulgent as i got for any length of time outside of the journal entry things which go no further than a tiny corner of mondo irlando. this, i dunno. it's an awful lotta nothin, i fear.
3 - Bennett
Naw, stop worrying! Keep looking in the dark dank corners as you dance around the main thrust, all will be well. It's not self indulgent, it's a history lesson, a tale of grim city while struggling to maintain the Dr Jeckel of The Duke...
More please.
KFC, some of my best pukin as a child was in their honor.
Scares the hell out of me now.
I'm looking forward to whatever comes next.
4 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
you're encouragement is much, much appreciated, good sir. i thought part four would've appeared tonight, but no, turns out it's gonna be another day or so, on account of i think i might actually got to bed tonight. three hours a night will only get a man by for so long before the head starts singin delirious in all the wrong keys.
5 - Eric Berlin
Duke -- As I saw this morning on an ep of Six Feet Under... "you can't be afraid to fail."
Which you're certainly not in any way. I applaud the ventures into new arenas. Life-critic-ing, or something.
Haven't read Part III as yet, will soon.
6 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Eric, thank you man. you help clear a man's head more than a fella this foul-mouthed could articulate at this hour.
7 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
for the benefit of anyone keeping track of this epic, it would seem that Part Four will be appearing later in the weekend, and not tonight as i had expected. thanks folks.
8 - Greg Smyth
Just caught parts 2 and 3 and have to say I'm enjoying this loads. The whole flashbacks to before, the angst and your usual brilliant grasp of the vernacular. Looking forward to part four.
And I gotta say, I wasn't kidding before, this has the potential to be something pretty special.
9 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Greg, thank you, man. i can't tell you how relieved a fella is that folks seemed to be on the same wavelength with regards the back an forth nature of it all.
part 4 is in the works...
10 - Mat Brewster
Ah Duke, a cliffhanger. I was all casually enjoying the madness of the first two episodes and still being able to enjoy my life in between. Now I sit refreshing the blogcritics main page in hopes that part IV will be up and I can see how this tale ends.
Please, dear gawd, make The Duke finnish this tale so I might find a life again.
11 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
heh, thank you mat, and my apologies for the cliffhanger. part four will arrive later in the eve, i'd wager.
12 - Bryan McKay
Fantastic writing as usual, Duke. Looking forward to part four!
13 - gypsyman
Screw how it turns out. it walks, it talks what else could we ask for. Inside and out, what it's not is self stroking and lint picking. Far above that, I'm not into watching or reading solo porn, wouldn't have gone this far if that's what this is.
Question? If Sir Ian's there what's James doing about geting any?
14 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Bryan, thank you! the fourth part should be up now, i'd wager.
gypsyman, thank you also. i supose when a fella's in the midst of it all it's hard to A - keep check on how obscure he's being with the details, and B- keep check on makin things worth readin even though, i think it's fair to say, it's a story with not much in the way of Dramatic Events! there's a few, an the main one of em i still haven't even got to yet, so to know that folks are diggin it regardless, that right there is a fairly damn pleasant sensation.
an with regards James, he's been hangin round my window all night shoutin bout how i better hurry the hell up so as he can get on with the flirtin an the shootin an the spyin.
sorry james.
15 - DJRadiohead
Duke, I love the shit out of this! At the risk of sounding way to gushing I always want to move across the pond after listening to one of your podcasts or reading one of your pieces (particularly these).
16 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
DJ, thank you! if you DO move cross the pond, just be sure an take a notebook or nine with you. amazing how many details get lost amidst the carnage.