Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Because You're Worth It
... and then you're sitting at some table talking to some girl and you can't remember how you got there and you can't focus because it's late and your head is a mess and she says something and laughs and you laugh too because it seems you should and you notice that she's wearing a lot of big rings and you think 'Jesus, that's a lot of metal' and it scares you and you're about to say this when she asks you where you are from and you say 'Spain' because you're bored and you take another gulp of your drink and then your friend turns up with another pint even though you've had enough and you tell him this and he shrugs and starts chatting up the girl with the scary rings and you look around the room at the people talking and laughing and flirting and you try to think about things but you can't which is good and tomorrow you'll wake up and go on as usual and rinse and repeat but for now you can keep it at bay and just sit here and drink beer and pretend to be Spanish and worry about the big rings and how the girl can even lift her hands because if you had that many rings you would have arms like Schwarzenegger and you think you should tell her this so you lean across and...
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An experiment?
ReplyDeleteY'know, you don't have to use the word 'and' so much in this kind of writing. Unless you're imitating a child. You could probably cross out most of them in this piece.
Damn, does this mean we have to have a discussion now. I should probably pretend to be a bird.
Don't leave me hanging, man. What happened next...?
ReplyDeleteI imitate a child most days... Yes, I could have written it differently but I wrote it this way... And what happens next is that I lean across and open my mouth and no good comes of it and...
ReplyDeleteTrue, Seb. Bad things can happen when one opens one's mouth. I trust you were coming across as deep and mysterious until that point, at least.
ReplyDeleteI only open my mouth now to let food in (I've tried letting it accumulate on my face, but it wasn't working for me). So long as the food travels in just the one direction, people are not usually offended.