Friday, 26 October 2018

na manha

A night's sleep is a dream, a thing that will not happen in reality. Listen to the sounds of the cat going about cat business, listen to the heavy breathing  and snores of the sleeping wife. It is three a m. and then the alarm sounds, the wake up tune
from the 1 pad tablet. Get up, wash away the sleep under the shower and get dressed.
The cat makes a great display of affection, but it is only hungry.
Down the stairs, down the alley, leave the building.Leave the centre of the town behind.  Pass dolores on her way to the bus stop, she is struggling along today. She is a small woman
of maybe fifty years, bent with work. She is from Turkey.. 'The man with the white flowing
hair smokes his cigarette standing at a park benchh and wishes a good morning as he passes on his way to the the bus
stop itself. The bus driver takes the five Euro note, take the thicket from the machine
and move on to the back of the bus.
At the station, avoid the tangle of bicycles arrayed around the bicycle racks. say good morning to the man with his hair in a pigtail who is smoking at the ashtray out in front of the station. 
He is cheerful, and lightly dressed despite the chill of the morning


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