8.12.16
Turn of the mobile, take off the mask. Wait. wait until the bathroom is free. The cat is up too. Lively, hitting its head against legs, purring loudly too as its back and its head are scratched. Good morning, brush the teeth, wash the face. And wait in the hall, five minutes. check the mail from the mobile 'phone. Nothing there, other than work.
It is later than usual. Down the stairs, out into the alley. Pass the gallery next door, the second hand clothes shop opposite and walk fast around the corner and circle the church. There is a christmas tree set up on the corner of the street with large red glass globes attached. Decoration. The streets are spanned by strings of tiny white LED lights, arranged in star shapes, or hanging down like the frozen frosted tendrils of some strange vegetation.
It is cold and frosty, two weeks before christmas. Teachermam walks ahead, and passes the town gate. The bog cotton man is at the bus stop, waiting... The old woman with her yellow and black leopard -shin headscarf is at the stop as well. Waiting.. Punctually, the bus arrives-First it is to be seen in The distance, curving into the long straight road from the old gaol, then getting larger as it slowly approaches.
Be the last on board, the last to pay the fare for the short trip to the railway station.
The short haired big man in the railway cafe is placing buttered rolls with salami and sour gherkins in the display, all neadtly beside each other. He is working steadily. The young woman in serving the newly arrived customers, dealing' m mugs of coffee, sandwiches, cigarettes, bottled beer, whatever people want in the early morning.
Write these notes, standing in the waiting room > Ten minutes wait, and then the train is five minutes late. Freeze on the platform for just those five minutes, wait.
And then, the train is in.
There are another two weeks untill the non holiday of christwas takes place.
Both Christmas eve and christmas day are on a weekend This year, there are no days off.
except for boxing day.
Turn of the mobile, take off the mask. Wait. wait until the bathroom is free. The cat is up too. Lively, hitting its head against legs, purring loudly too as its back and its head are scratched. Good morning, brush the teeth, wash the face. And wait in the hall, five minutes. check the mail from the mobile 'phone. Nothing there, other than work.
It is later than usual. Down the stairs, out into the alley. Pass the gallery next door, the second hand clothes shop opposite and walk fast around the corner and circle the church. There is a christmas tree set up on the corner of the street with large red glass globes attached. Decoration. The streets are spanned by strings of tiny white LED lights, arranged in star shapes, or hanging down like the frozen frosted tendrils of some strange vegetation.
It is cold and frosty, two weeks before christmas. Teachermam walks ahead, and passes the town gate. The bog cotton man is at the bus stop, waiting... The old woman with her yellow and black leopard -shin headscarf is at the stop as well. Waiting.. Punctually, the bus arrives-First it is to be seen in The distance, curving into the long straight road from the old gaol, then getting larger as it slowly approaches.
Be the last on board, the last to pay the fare for the short trip to the railway station.
The short haired big man in the railway cafe is placing buttered rolls with salami and sour gherkins in the display, all neadtly beside each other. He is working steadily. The young woman in serving the newly arrived customers, dealing' m mugs of coffee, sandwiches, cigarettes, bottled beer, whatever people want in the early morning.
Write these notes, standing in the waiting room > Ten minutes wait, and then the train is five minutes late. Freeze on the platform for just those five minutes, wait.
And then, the train is in.
There are another two weeks untill the non holiday of christwas takes place.
Both Christmas eve and christmas day are on a weekend This year, there are no days off.
except for boxing day.
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