by this time there was sweat on his brow, his gob full of omelette he was pointing at the ceiling, "it follows us everywhere now" he wailed and Rose coughed nervously, and went to pour the wine I guess it made us sad, the way he dived through the window left only a tooth on the carpet, at least that's how Chris reported it at lunch the next day, as I half-listened to the radio and other gossip supplied by the counter-girls, who yelled they'd overheard an argument the other night in the Beluga Bar both of them, you know, one a trot, the other, anarchist, both of them so fuckin sad, like no-one here even cares about all that shit, let alone knows, the best thing to do is like empty your argument in the other's pintglass, and go off be wonderful, strangled on the dancefloor, it's funny but I remember I was there that night, and our scandalous friend last I saw of him he's out on his back, screaming Bill Blake, the middle of Parliament St, burned out buildings all around, I knew he was ill, but the dancing, you know it had fingers seared right through to the back of my eyes, couldn't see straight, couldn't trust, what I was seeing and seeing him at my door requesting a glass of water his feet were aching he said, hello satan, I said his tired walked right out of the river no-one had seen him had touched him he thought he was dead, insane at the most and now his face hanging like a stone in the sky armpit of the nation he called it I said hello satan I believe it's time to go |
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