Sir Fleming in the midst a some drunk dream or other, me sat on the chair by the window watching a group of folks done up in Playboy Bunny outfits make their way back from whatever debauched hen party they'd been attending.
It'd been a couple hours since Sinéad an her alarmingly intoxicated friends had wandered off towards the bus-stop, hell-bent on partying till at least three of them ended up fighting over the last dildo in the cupboard.
And I'm thinking all about how yeah, there's a story to be told here, but not yet, not now when the sleepers are kickin in and the room's fading into the dark behind the eyes, not when there's an old fella outside singing Whiskey In The Jar in a delightful drunken slur.
"Whackfa medaaaeo, there's whiskey inna jarrrooo"
Someone passes him, he shouting. "You gorra cig'ret? Lookin fomma sister. You gorra smoke?"
The second set a footsteps get fainter, he strikes up again.
"Strangeeeeerrrrrss inna niggght,
Exchangin glannnnnnnces"
I hoped he might break into some Dead Kennedy's for a time, maybe a touch a Bright Eyes.
"Wheeenna pres'dint talksa God…"
"Gorra smoke? Lookin forma sister..."
A touch a Bright Eyes. Touching Bright Eyes. No Conor, I can't, not now, not with the heart swollen till I can hardly breathe past the bulbous bastard. Maybe later. Maybe when I've shaken off the opium-smile and the kerosene whisper in her eyes, maybe then. Maybe when all that shit like Acceptance and Understanding gets a firmer grip on the gut, maybe then I'll let you comb your fringe suggestively, but right now the chair's rising up around me, grabbin hold my elbows, it says no, there's to be no filthing, this is my time right now, best you just sink in till I'm done.
Thanks folks
The Duke resides at Mondo Irlando
Article comments
1 - Bennett
Ohhhhh man! Guitar strings? Love the line about your buddie's punch!
Hell, I yanked my braces out with pliers and wire cutters when I hit 18 because it didn't seem like nothing but mouth torture.
Then smacked out the two front ones anyway on a glass door that didn't open outwards. Caps my man. Caps!
The tale grunges on. I presume we'll hear about Sinead at some point. Looking forward to whatever happens.
Thanks Duke.
2 - Greg Smyth
McMullan, you're a bloody tease! Top notch, though.
3 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Bennett an Greg, thank you!
Bennett, part five should, if all goes to plan, ie, what im thinkin right now with not quite enough caffeine in the system yet, begin to cover those particular bases. i felt all the dentistry stuff was important for to illustrate the array of anxieties runnin rampant.
Greg, thank you, as ever. an apologies for the tease. heh, i couldn't resist...
4 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
ha! a good, wise friend just pointed out the similarities between the teeth scene up yonder an the similar "punch me" scene in Fight Club.
alas, my version weren't fictional. how i wish it were...
5 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
just a note to say Part Five's up, if anyone's at all curious. thanks folks.