dark crazy

Tuesday, August 3, 2019

Morning and dark, there is no sleep to be had

 Go to the bathroom wash the face, look at the watch. It is four in the morning. The lights in the yard are almost all out, they only load up sufficient energy for a few hours during the day.

 Go into the sitting room, there is the cat in the dark on the couch, a pale shadow.

Pat her head. Take the laptop computer to read the news. Damage done to the Bahamas,

Trump spouting his usual nonsense. The British slowly awakening to the fact that they have little time left to make a free decision.

And read.

The cat goes crazy, running up and down the house in the dark, crying out loud, climbing up things that she does not usual use for climbing.

A mad, wound up cat.

Madly active in the dark.

Now, there is tiredness. Return to bed, the next thing in the steady strum of the alarm

THE ALARM.

Turn it off, it is now five.

To the bathroom, turn on the water for a shower. After a long wait, realise that it is not going to get hot. Go upstairs, to the water heater, which is making it's usual sounds but heating no water.

Return to the bathroom, wash with a cloth, then sitting now in the corner with the computer.

The son walks in, looks around-

Cough.

He gets a fright.

Then he comes over, gives his old father

a hug.