It is early evening - full-dark, but the light that deep blue of first-night. I am walking along the road into Ickenham. I wish to but a Diet Coke, Suddenly there is movement. and I am accosted by two teenagers, one taller, the other wiry, full of unpredictable movements and danger. I put up my elbow as protection and jump away, startled.
"Hey! What's that all about!" he says, mimicking my protective movements.
His companion doesn't say anything, just looks over and smiles.
An air of impending violence hangs over this meeting. I am about to be attacked. I knew it was a mistake to go to Ickenham after dark.
There are further altercations. I think I make it to the newsagent - I even think I manage to buy my can of Diet Coke. I hurry down the road - Long Lane - and hear the shouts of the teenager behind me. I want this so much to be over... (As an aside, I don't know why they didn't follow me - perhaps these dream-teenagers wanted something in the newsagent too?)
I hurry down the road, wishing to lose them as quickly as I can. I don't want them to follow me. It was stupid of me to come to Ickenham at night to buy Diet Cokes,
It is day now.
I am walking between two buildings that feel to be on the edges of a park,. There are a lot of people about, It feels like a summers day.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see Sarah walking along. I have not seen her for a while, so feel slightly uncomfortable and pretend I have not seen her. I have my headphones on though cannot remember if I had any music on or not.
Sarah sees me and comes up to me. It is nice to see Sarah. We agree to a walk through the park, but we both need the toilet first. Fortunately one of the buildings next to us is a giant public toilet. The large interior is full of people walking and pissing. There is an overwhelming air of green-ness about the building - a deep green that reeks with piss and that public toilet air of not-niceness. Sarah goes up the stairs to the 'ladies section' and I stay on the ground floor. I start pissing into one of the troughs and then notice that Sarah's friend Fiona is stood next to me. She is doing something with the wall. Despite the awkwardness of the situation, I still say hello to her. She looks slightly awkward herself and continues whatever she was doing - messing about with something on the wall.
I finish pissing and go out to meet Sarah - somehow I take the wrong exit and end up on the street that leads back to Ickenham. Then - oh no! - I see that wiry teenager walking along. He wants a piss too. I do not want him to see me. I walk back round the building to the way I had come in. I shall wait for Sarah here, but where is she? What entrance - or exit - will she be waiting for me at? I am concerned and troubled. Why is she taking so long? Maybe I should ring her to see where she is?
***
A number of people in my room - a feeling of purple. Someone is taking photographs of us, hurrying us into order. It is important that I am stood next to Karen. Afterwards I am sticking something to the wall - some kind of tablet. It is a promo for a band - perhaps Laibach - certainly some kind of totalitarian industrial unit. I am pleased with this. The tablet will play their latest video which is very inspiring. I wonder why I have not thought of this before.
***
Watching the film 'Cannibal Apocalypse'. It has been years - decades!- since I watches this film so have no real memories of it about. Thought I am watching the film, I am also in the film too. One of the cannibals stood on a railway bridge looking down. Summery waste ground. A feeling of apprehension as the tension mounts up.
Saturday, 27 January 2018
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