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a couple of years ago
i was leafing early one morning
through a coffee table book
with lots of plates of humanoid skulls
bones, and hard technologies --

 a paleoanthropological picture book

i don't recall the title but
in the introduction the author had stated
that they were quite unabashed
at having no formal training
or even site experience
because as a matter of fact
there are way more paleoanthropologists
than there are humanoid fossils
and none of these paleoanthropologists can quite agree
upon the existing broken fossil record
so why should s(he)
not form their own opinion

i like picture books
it was too dark to read in any case
i was straining my eyes
sat at the crack in the curtain blinds
and for sure
i didn't want to switch on the light
because there was someone in the room asleep
who i didn't want to wake
if only because it had taken me ages
to get them to sleep in the first place ...

 one ramadan i was informed
 that there's only four things
 that can keep one awake
 hunger pain fear and love
 the bloke who told me this
 obviously, had never had phet
  it was the middle of the night
  and we were waiting for dusk elsewhere
  the conversation in fast and drifting consciousness
  slipped to card games
  or rather, one in particular
  a variation of whist
  with trumps and wild cards changing each trick
  the rules dependent upon
  who and how the last trick was won ...

 my game is cribbage
 i especially like playing in pairs
 the coffee book described oldowan technology
 mode one allegedly
 it described a cave find
 and the wonder of over sized cutting heads
 hammered out by a group of humanoid bipeds --

   the wonder, the heads too large
   for day to day use
   examples, hard remnants
   of a long abandoned training school

i love lucy
leakey's character
she helped me relate to people again
i imagined her wondering around
just being, just living
innocent of any myth
other than her own
but for some reason
always with a bag
carrying stuff
mode one soft
before mode one hard
and way before mode accessorising

the missing link
do we discovery only what we seek
or do we discover only
scooby dooby do
homo habilis, homo erectus
homo one type or other
a many platted history
from homo beast to our own now
perfect homo form
homo irony

 a tour guide to a very old cave system in the moors
 was asked once by a class teacher
 to be very particular
 with the dates
 he used
 to describe the structures
 as the kids had been taught
 the world was only five thousand years young
 and they could do with out the contradiction

   how old's the cave -- the kids cross examined

   oh they're very old
   i know that -- said the guide --
   they've been here as long as me

borges would put it differently
rather than categorising these finds as homo
he'd call them the hronir
and suggest they are no more than
the accidental products of distraction
forgetfulness, lost memories of a single author,
or stranger, maybe more pure, he talks in terms of ur
a treasure educed by hope, a hint

a find produced via suggestion alone ...

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Be aware, you may find some of the following content
disturbing -- it disturbs me also.
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three of us
had been down a dive
on the lower don
late one night
and we'd just got out ...

           i am starved
           -- says the big lad --
           let's get a taxi
           you can cook when we get home

 am not yor mother -- says i giggling

           yes you are -- replies the big lad --
           or least you are
           when she's not around

 what you got in -- says i still giggling

           pardon -- says the big lad

 food -- says i --
 what food you got in at the house

           none -- replies the big lad --
           didn't you get any

  no -- says i --
  i'm not yor mother

           fuck -- says the big lad
           i am fucking starved

     i have some cheese
     and rye bread
     you can have those if you wish -- says us compadre

           fuck no
           be serious why don't you
           i am fucking starved

 well let's walk in to town then
 -- suggested i --
 there'll be somat open there
 or if not
 there'll be somat open on london road

           no
           i am shagged -- replied the big lad --
           let's get a cab

 nayow -- says i --
 we've spent a bomb tonight already
 let's walk in to town
 get a kebab there or something
 let's go yeah, come on

           you can be so mean -- shakes the big lad
                                 growling


     mean -- enquires us compadre


           yes mean
           -- nods the big lad
              turning to me --
           didn't you say
           we earn't more this month
           than all the months
           of the first year put together

 yes

          and you won't pay for a taxi
          which you will put through
          the expenses

          you see what i mean
          he's mean

 listen -- says i --
 just because we've had a good month
 this month
 dunt mean the next one
 will be the same
 but have got to admit
 things are looking up
 there's a lot of work rolling in
 but do you know what
 i really don't have
 the faintest fucking idea
 of what we're really selling
 but i do this
 never mind what's coming in
 judging from what's gone out this month
 it appears to me
 that all i am really doing
 for a fucking living
 is feeding a very big fucking
 hardware habit
 of a few individuals
 come on
 let't get that kebab

           none -- barks the big lad
                   shaking his head --
           let's get a cab
           i am shagged
           i win us 3k this week alone
           don't be so mean

 i don't know what we're fucking selling
 -- barks i --
 come on, help me out here
 it's you that's got the business degree
 not me

           i have told you this before
           -- barks the big lad --
           you told me
           we needed larger monitors
           so i bought the fucking monitors
           big fucking deal
           i gained three times those this week

 i know, i know -- says i --
 i just thought, i'd got a few months
 i just thought, i could see a few months ahead
 and it feels like it's slipping already

           i will earn more money next week
           -- barks the big lad --
           i told you
           we are developing
           this is not the stage
           to look for profit

 well tell me again
 what am i selling

          confidence
          -- barks the big lad --
          i have told you this many times
          sometimes you can be such a wus

 can i -- says i

          yes
          -- he barks --
          i have told you
          it doesn't matter what we sell
          -- now shaking his head really slowly
             he growled --
          i am business
          if you have no confidence of your own
          pimp mine

          but remember

          quality, price, time

          they can fix two

          but we fix one

          always

          let's get a fucking taxi
          i deserve it tonight

 no, i do know
 but can't we just
 go slowly at it
  fuck,
  i don't want to have pull you off the rewrite
  to do some ugly hack elsewhere
   can't we just stabilise
   with the jobs we have
    they're good clients
    look at the code you've written already

           good clients, bad clients
           -- barks the big lad
              a vein showing
              on his forehead --
           what does it fucking matter
           as long as they fucking pay

           what does it fucking matter

 what about the fucking unicode -- barks i

           well yes
           that was very pretty

           but no

           i am nearly there with the rewrite
           and then kerching, cash cow, yes

           good clients, bad clients
           it doesn't matter
           only the numbers matter

 oh,
 are you that close
 -- queries i --
 i didn't know

           yes, i am tired
           get a taxi
           and food, yes


 no let's talk
 i didn't know you were that close
 is that why you invited me out
 cos you've been upstairs most of the night

           i have been busy
           i am shagged
           and i am starved
           let's get that cab,
           and a kebab yes

 nayow, let's talk
 cos i miss you man
 and anyway, you'll just sleep
 if we go back now, and
 whilst you were upstairs
 me and us compadre were half way through chatting
 and i think we might be on to something
 i've had a thought ...


            what


 if you went to a party yeah,
 and you kinda got so drunk that you passed out yeah,

 but happy yeah,

 and then you woke up dazed
 but otherwise ok

 but with a weird taste in your month yeah

 and there staring at ya
 was the smiley face
 and the shiny white teeth
 of what you took to be
 the biggest nigerian that you'd ever seen
 in yor live,

 yeah

 but it felt nice, yeah

 they were stroking your head
 which is resting on their tummy

 what would you think

           what -- enquires the big lad --

 well
 what would you think
 -- says i --


           what, think
           what
           think to what
           -- stops the big lad --

 well
 would you tell any body

           what

 if that happened to you
 would you tell any body

           no fuck off man, no

 wouldn't you

           no, fuck you man no

 oh, well that's ok then
 do you fancy coming to a party with me

           the big lad grabs hold of me
           squeezing really tight
           rubs his knuckles in to mi temples
           and says --

         i've missed you man
         you are fucking mad

 i know -- says i --
 come on, let's get that kebab
 and talk yeah, ca va
 we walk yeah, ok

         ok

we begin to walk up the don
and in to town ...

 grand
 i think i am on to something though

 you know how you say
  selling software
  is just like selling wind

         ya

 well selling beer is just the same really
 in that most of what you sell is water

         oh
         so

 nowt really
 -- says i replying --
 it used to be a lot stronger though
 you know round here
  they use to sell beer that strong
  that if you'd had four pints
  and you saw a coin on the pavement
  you wouldn't bend down to pick it up
  not even if it was a sovereign
  cos if you did you'd be stuck

   one old bloke i used to knock around with
   though, when i was yor age
   vincent, a big old bloke as big as you
   told me once,
    that he'd been out
    in town, dancing, when he was young
    and thought, he'd be fine to drink a gallon
    boy was he confused,
    it took him the best part of an hour
    just to orientate himself
    it was too late for the buses
    so when he got his bearings
    he decided to walk
    the eight miles or so
    back home to a place called park gate
    back down the lower don,
    through the wicker arches
    -- says i pointing --
    down there,
    and down attercliff
    before it was ripped down
    it used to be residential down there
    you know, he didn't make it though
    oh no, the beer kicked in
    so he decided to find a dark place
    and sit it out til morning
    he thought he'd catch the first bus back
    but it didn't work out quite like that, no
    he found the dark place fine though
    a sunken doorway on a street corner
    wide, with two wide doors
    he thought it was a disused shop
    he sat down and was soon asleep
    but was woken by the noise of a car
    or rather a car door banging
    and then the tip tapping of feet
    he looked up from the door well
    and saw the most beautiful women
    he'd ever clapped eyes on
      carry a child in her arms asleep ...

 oh, we're here
 can you hear that noise
 it's a chat i think ...

we stop on a bridge to listen
a lady with mousy hair
and bucked teeth pops out
of the undergrowth
and says to me --

       do you want business

 no ta luv -- says i giggling

       what about you
       -- the lady addressing us compadre --

      what -- replies us compadre

       sex, do you want sex -- replies the lady

      no thank you -- replies us compadre --
      i have some already

 i giggle again

       you -- continues the lady
              now addressing the big lad --

           me what -- he replies

       do you want sex

           not with you you fucking slag

 woh woh woh
 -- barks i --
 she was only fucking asking

           well, as you would say
           i was only fucking telling

 fuck -- bark i --
 what have i reared here

           come on, am fucking starved
           -- barks the big lad --

 ok, ok -- barks i --
 ta ra luv

       anal, i do anal
       -- continues the lady --

           how much
           -- says the big lad --

        twenty, come on let's be quick
        -- replies the lady,
           motioning back to the undergrowth --

           no -- barks the big lad --
           i have told you
           not with you you fucking slag

 woh -- barks i --
 why the fuck
 did you ask the price for then

           it was an academic question
           -- replies the big lad --
           i was only fucking asking

       fucking academics
       -- barks the lady --
       fuck off i need to score

 i giggle at this
 and the big lad roars, in laughter
 he points at me and swivels his hand
 around his index finger

           fucking academics
           -- he roars --
           come on
           leave the slut alone
           i am starved

 ok, ta ra luv
 -- says i --

       have you got a fag
       -- enquires the lady

 er, have a rolly if you want one

       fuck, go on then
       you rolling it yeah

           come on -- barks the big lad

 just a minute
 do you want go
 and keep him company for a minute please
 while i roll this -- i say to us compadre
                      who nods and walks away,
                      i roll it quick
                      and pass it to the lady
                      who whispers --

       do you want anal

 no -- says i --
 i'm trying to give it up

       oh -- says the lady looking right at me --
       fuck off then
       i need to score

 ok, ta ra luv
 -- says i moving on
    skipping up the road

       oy -- barks the lady

 what -- says i turning

       thanks for the fag

i nod and smile
and catch up with the lads
but no sooner have i done so, then
there comes a call from down a back road
over towards the river side pub ...

             lads
             have you got a minute lads
             have you ever seen anything like this

we look down the road
and see two men standing
either side of something covered
but moving at their feet ...

 we're busy -- barks i --

 come on, -- i says to the others --
 let's keep moving

           -- the big lad nods and says --
           fuck, the crazies are out tonight


 aren't we though
 why did you have a go at her
 -- ending my question
    with the stress on the her --

           man,
           she's a fucking whore isn't she

 technically so wa' the last three women
 we were talking with tonight
 but i din't hear you having a go at any o'them

           that was different
           i was fucking with them
           i'm not fucking with her

 fuck

           what

 just fuck

           silence from the big lad
           and then --

           you know what your problem is don't you


 silence from me and then --
 nayow, go on, tell me

           you have no taste

 no, how come

          you don't see any difference
          between her
          and the women we were with earlier


 oh, now have clicked it
 it's the fucking norman tongue again init

 do you know, before the normans invaded
 we used to eat pig meat and bull meat
 but now we don't,
 we eat pork and beef instead

 taste init, norman taste, quality, vapour ware
 we used to talk about a things worth before
 but now all we ever fucking talk about
 is a things ever changing fucking value

 the language is fucking diseased


      wittgenstein -- says us compadre

 genau -- says i

           what is this
           genau -- says the big lad

 exactament, it means exactament

           fucking academics
           -- laughs the big lad --
           let me put it this way
           i think and write in perl now
           i do a lot of the diseasing myself

 i giggle and say --
 what am going do with you


           me -- entreats the big lad --
           it is not me
           it is you
           that needs to change

           you do not how to choose
           those women,

           could you not tell the difference


 listen, fuck choice sweetheart
 i'm half irish
 if there is any thing i do know
 by christ it is how to fucking pick

           ah
           there
           i have got you

           it always comes down to this

           you talk to me about vapour ware
           what is religion if it's not vapour ware


 what's religion got to do with this
 -- i reply --

           you brought it up
           when you blasphemed

 i shake mi head say --
 yor on the wind up tonight
 you are, aren't you
 have heard a lot of blasphemy
 in mi time,
 sometimes
 i even correct it

           ah
           you see,
           you are at it again

 listen -- says i --
 i told you when you asked me
 about communism, dunt ask me
 read the books, you don't have to
 said you, i did it at school
 it has failed, what has, said i
 the soviets said you,
 that wasn't communism said i
 read the books

 it is the same
 for all religions ...


 oh ...
 -- i say, as we reach
    the town centre --
 i'd have thought they'd have been somewhere open here
 we might have to wait until london road

 kebabish will be open there, but,

 thinking about it,

 there's usually a van
 down on silvester gardens at this time of night

 let's go this way


          no no no,
          this way
          this way
          -- motions the big lad --
          i know a little place
          where i can get a little snack
          this way, this way

 ok, ok

          so that is your kernel
          you are a marxist

i stop
shake mi head
and say --

 oh, aren't we all though

          fuck no man,
          i am not a fucking marxist
          -- comes his reply --

 did you read capital
 -- says i --

          of course not
          marxism is dead
          it is a dead idea

 no i know
 but do you know what
 lots of big capitalist have read it
 they've got the time you see

 all the time in the world
 some o'em use it as a fuckinginstructionbook
 a fucking manual
 if you really do
 want us to go kerching
 when you next release the rewrite
 it really would be worth a read

          no fuck no man

          my eyes, how do you say it

          strained, that's it, strained

          i read many libraries

          if you think there is something in capital of value
          why not provide me with a precis

          ... here, do you want any thing

          chips chips yes

  no man, i ate earlier
  that's ok

          no, go on man,
          i'll get you some chips yes
          chips chips yeah
          you won't get any of mine
          i know you man

  i don't want any thanks

          yeah, but i know you man
          if you don't get some
          you'll take one of mine
          if i offer,
          and i am really starved now
          these chips are just a little stack yeah
          we call in at kebabish later, yes

   yeah
   but dunt get me any chips here
   -- says i --
   i dunt want any thanks

          but you will take one of mine
          -- retorts the big lad --

   nayow a waint -- i protest --
   not if you dunt offer me one
   i dunt want any thanks

          but you will
          if i offer you one of mine

   so don't offer
   -- says i, just as a suggestion --

          what about you
          -- the big lad continues
             now addressing us compadre --

      no thank you
      i have the cheese and rye back at the house

           so you are hungry yeah
           have some chips chips man
           they have loads of stuff here
           but it takes time, and it is a bit rough
           the food, it is a bit ruff
           -- barks the big lad --
           but chips chips man, yeah
           you cant go wrong with chips man

      no thank you
      i am little peckish ya
      but i can wait

            but would you take one
            if i offered you one of mine

      no thank you
      i can wait

            ok ok -- the big lad turns to me --
            so you sure you don't want any chips
            because i know you man

  nayow -- says i giggling --
  i thought you were hungry
  go get ya chips
  am going to have a fag out here thanks

 the big lads does that swively pointy thing again
 at me, and then goes inside to get the chips ...


  us compadre and i smile at each other

  you still ok -- i say to us compadre

      yes
      i think i might listen to music
      when we get back

  that will be nice
  it's a nice night init
  i mean, weather wise
  did you hear that chat on the bridge

      chat -- us compadre queries

  yes, chat
  that bird -- i say, and then imitate
               the bird call

      oh yes,
      i'd almost forgotten
      that was nice

            phwat was
            -- enquires the big lad
               exiting the little shop door
               like geoff capes out of a mini cooper
               but with a face stuff full of french fries

  that bird, la oiseau sur la pont
  did you hear it -- i imitate the bird call again

            oh yeah
            before we were interrupted ...


 i take a drag on mi fag
 breath out, look at the big lad
 and say --

  you've got a sister right man

            yeah
            -- says he --
            what the fuck
            has that got to do
            with anything

 i stare at him and say --
  she's been poorly yeah
    but well looked after

            yeah
            -- says he --
            so

 some women have different stories
 that's all

            do not compare that fucking whore
            with my sister
            -- barks the big lad
               munching through the chips

 how could i
 i don't know either of them

 but i do know when somebody is weak
 it is easy to exploit

            my sister is not a fucking slag
            -- roars the big lad --


 i never said she was
 hold on a minute,
  listen,
  from all you've told me
  she just needs a bit of looking after
   she's poorly yeah
   none of it her fault


            yeah man, but that women on the bridge
            man, couldn't you see for yourself
            crazy man, crazy
            you can't look after some thing like that


 yeah i know
 i think that's my point

 the crunch has already come in her life
 probably many times

 maybe many times a day

 and she survives it ya
 and she turns a dollar,

 who knows for how much longer
 but could your sister ...


            it is not my sister though is it

            that women on the bridge is born to this life

            it is unfortunate but it is life

            my sister is not born to this

            we survive a different way


 i shake my head and say --
  i dunno really what life the women
  on the bridge was born to
  it's past that point now
  she's only got the one
  and that's to survive serving the base interest of men
   i dunt know what she does in her spare time
   or even if she gets any
    i could hazard a guess i suppose
    but it would no doubt
    be very banal, ugly and violent
     it might yet have it's occasional sparkle
     or i doubt she'd have lasted this long

            fuck -- sighs the big lad --
            listen, it is unfortunate
            but listen, you have to move on, yes
            we need to move on, this is just how life works
            survival, it is unfortunate that the weak perish
            but it is nature


  weak -- barks i --
  the lady at the bridge isn't the weak

  she is the strong,

  but you still think somehow
  she was born to this life

            yes -- barks the big lad --
            you saw her

            you don't get as crazy as that
            in just one generation

 i stop and stare,
 and leave that one there
 i shake my head again


            what -- says the big lad


 dint you save me any

            what -- repeats the big lad

  chips chips chippies -- says i

            no -- says he --
            i knew you would do this

             i knew he would
             i told you

            why do you this


  i was just wondering
  that's all,

  but you feel better yeah

            yes, i am still starved though
            but not as starved


       peckish -- suggests us compadre


            no man, be serious

            peck peck peckish
            no man, more like this
            -- he roars --
            no seriously man
            i am still starved

   but you feel a bit better yeah
   no rush to get to the next place
   let's wonder yeah for a bit


            yeah ok man


   grand
   so you nearly finished the rewrite then

            yes
            this week

   grand
   what else you been working on

            what do you mean
            what else

   i dunt know
   what else

            well you know
            i did that dirty hack
            the 3k kerching


   yeah, i know
   but you know yourself

   that only took you an hour
   an't you been doing owt else

            ah ha ah ah

            -- stutters the big lad
               in a very loud laugh --

            that is why i love you man,
            you are so suspicious

  nayow
  -- says i
     shaking mi head
     and giggling --
  i meant the triple store

             no man
             oh man no, oh man yes
             i dream yes
             but no,
             it dreams of me
             let's talk about this one post release please

             but we need to kerching yes
             some thought to it, yes
             -- nods the big lad --

             and some chat on stamen also

             but no big code
             you know
             just shit really

             i concentrate on the rewrite yes
             it's a lot of work

  it must be

  but you're happy still developing
  yeah


             d'accord
             -- nods the big lad --
             of course


  just checking

             what


  nowt really


      i like stamen
      -- says us compadre --
      that's really taken off


            yeah -- retorts the big lad --
            but it was obvious
            it had been obvious for months
            if not a year, it filled a gap
            that is all, but the triple store
            if i can only, if only, if, oh

            it's so close,
            but maybe no, oh
            oh

   oh is that close -- says i enquiring --

            yes, maybe three years,
             maybe five
            don't get me thinking about it man

            it's so close


 i nod
 and bite mi bottom lip ...


        have you ever read
        the giant carbuncle story
        -- enquires us compadre


              carbuncle, what is this
              carbuncle


  it is a great big spot
  -- i offer --


           what -- enquires us compadre


  carbuncle,
  it is the name given to a great big
  septic spot, like on your neck,
  or somewhere

  have you seen one
  -- says i --
    holding my hands cupped
    to my neck and squeezing
    the imaginary pussy carbuncle
    at the same time as purping air
    out my mouth, and miming the fall
    and moving my head back as it splats on the floor


            hewwww -- in repulsion intones the big lad shaking --
            oh yes, they are grosse
            i have seen them, hewwww


       does it mean that as well -- enquires us compadre


   yes
   -- says i --
   as well as what

   it usually means that doesn't it

       does it, no

       it means a precious stone,
       glowing, a red jewel


           yes, yes, i remember
           shining, bright
           a ruby, ruby man, a ruby
           yes that is what it is like
           -- nods the big lad --
           it is in an amine
           yes, a quest, a quest
           that it is what it is like


       do you know the story -- enquires us compadre


   yes, well no
   it's recurs in many stories

   pilgrims progress really

          ah
          -- stops the big lad --
          you are at it again


  no am not
  -- i giggle --
  well maybe i am
  but you said you wanted distracting
  dint you, from the triple store
  and
  you know this kerching thing

  it won't work like you think
  i dunt think

           the big lad stops again
           wipes his hand
           on the bottom of jeans
           and says --

           why not
           it must work like i think


  but it won't
  will it

          why not -- barks the big lad


  well
  you know the folk you work with


          yes


  well,
  amongst them,
  it is only you that wants a shop


          fuck man no
          we are a shop
          how many time do we need to go over this

          what are we if we are not a shop


  but it's only you
  who wants a shop


          fuck no man
          is this true,

          no, this cannot be true

          how is it like this
          how can you live like this


  i don't really know
  but it is, and we do, can you remember
  three years ago, when you were here
  the first time round,
    well it's taken me
    from then til now
    to convince the folk around here
    that if we're not doing this profit
    we should at least not make a loss

     us compadre nods

          fuck no,
          what is wrong with you lusers
          this really sucks


  nayow, it's doesn't,
  or at least it dunt after

  did i ever tell you how i got in to this game
  software, i've told you bits haven't i

  down in stevenage and the new towns
  in the south, it was very fast there
  still is i guess, different pace
  engineers moving in and out
  vroom vroom
  loads of money, the eighties
  credit boom economy, thames water
  in a way, it was nice to see
  hopes, we were told we had a eight figure sum
  for design alone
  and a ten figure sum
  for the build,
  we were going to something with the money
  something useful, well it didn't quite work out like that
  but upon the back of the design budget
  we got a bucket fund for initial feasibility
  for all things touching the various interfaces
  between the water company, the agencies and the knew technology

  i ran the books, new monitors, book it to cost centre 2410
  code name thesis, i'd say to the lads
  coprocessors, book them to 2410
  spark machine, thanks lads 2410,
  norton utilities, danger to come, 2410 ...

   you'll like this one man
   we had request on this one occasion
   to meet with some americans
   a few blokes and a lady from kansas
   they'd connected up a load of remote sensor units
   via early modems and they were interested
   in exchanging ideas, we were interested too
   my boss, david called me over, and said --

     sort out whatever you think we need for the visit
     book it to 2410

   what, book what -- says i --

     w'well, he stuttered
     th'they'll need ac'ac'accomo
     n'n'no they won't,
     th'they have that, he said
     no no thames thames has that covered
     we need a working, a working breakfast
     lunch, and an event, m'maybe london
     ask r'richard, th'theatre m'maybe
     put it th'through p'petty cash
     b'but b'b'book it t't't'twofouroneoh

  ok -- says i --
  shall i buy some coke

     c'coke -- says he --
     c'c'coke

  yes, coke -- say i --
  they're americans aren't they
  shall i get some coke

     wh'what kind o'of coke

  i dunt know
  i'll see what i can get with the money

    no n'no don't w'worry
    -- he replies --
    they're engineers
    the council b'bar should p'prove sufficient



i stopped talking for a bit ...


          well -- says the big lad --
          did they want coke

 i don't know -- say i --
 but if they did
 it wasn't b'booked to t't'twofouroneoh

          man -- exclaims the big lad --
          why do you tell me these stories
          we are different
          we are private practice

  no i know
  but the money's coming in the same way
  it's really feasibility money
  as you say, were just developing
  that's how we got the money from becta init
  developing, they're watching us aren't they
  helping us, we're helping them,
  we're all trying to learn, aren't we,
  who knows where this will go

         man this sucks
         -- exclaims the big lad
            screwing his face up
            in disgust --
         we have no business plan
         how can we succeed
         without a plan

  who says we don't have a plan
  -- says i --
  we're engineers and architects aren't we
  we've got loads of plans

         the big lad stops
         shakes is head and says --
          this sucks man

  i know
  i used to get really confused about plans mysen
  david used to hate it
  back down in stevenage
  i'd answer the phone
  and deal with the queries
  other than the bucket fund
  we ran the drainage office
  and sewers being sewers
  they sometimes get blocked ...
  i'd answer the phone --
   what address is that luv, i'd ask
   where the shits coming out
   oh, oh, i'd say
   hold on a minute luv
   i'll just go and get the relevant drainage map
   oh, oh, i'd say, yes
   we've had problems there before
   it is very flat
   i'll dispatch direct labour now directly
   and clear that mess up for you luv
   they'll be there shortly

 david -- i exclaim --
 man he used look at me in frustration
 almost shake, and say --

    t'they are not maps
    t'they are p'plans

 oh, said i
 but i'd embarrassed him enough

 do you know what he did
 him and his mate, kevin,
 who was then running street cleansing
 they set this old bloke on to me
 rodney, rodney ranging rod they used to call him
 they hired rodney in as a clerk of works
 i didn't know why they thought it was important
 most of what we were doing
 was software development
 and this old bloke, rodney was well over sixty
 and had been retired two years already
 what use is he going to be to us

 i don't know why i felt that way
 i guess i was kicking up against david
 at least in mi head, just because he was the boss
 or i thought, oh no, i'm gonna be stuck
 with yet another old fogey
 telling me more and more stories
 about how they built the new towns
 how their plans had become real
 i cross examined david though,
 and said --

  why did you hire that old bloke in

      h'he's an engineer -- said david

  but he's an highways engineer inhe
  -- says i --
  drainage is civils,
  different institutions, init

    d'don't worry
    -- replied david --
    r'r'rodney is an an engineer

 well i dint have to worry
 next time the phone rang
 with a blockage
 rodders grabs hold of me
 and barks --

      just get the address yes
      let's go, let's go

   what about the plans
   -- says i --

      yes, good idea -- replies rodney --
      get a photocopy
      it might prove useful
      but let's go and figure out what's really happened, yes
      we're engineers, aren't we
      it's our job to fix things
      put the phone down
      look sharp, say your goodbyes

 well, rodney was an engineer
 he'd been all over
 you know oman, in the gulf
 oman in the gulf yeah,

          yeah man
          i know oman -- says the big lad

 there's loads of roads there
 round the coast yeah
 all of them are his,
 on that job, he had helicopter
 a few thousand men, and a rake of
 italian, scottish and german engineers
 but all he had, at stevenage
 was me, for about an hour a day
  come on, come on, look sharp he'd say
  put the phone down
  we're off
  and we'd go where ever
  and fix whatever,
  and make a report
  and chat

 david got me back later though
 man was david slow
 we were in this restaurant
 loads of us out on a works do
 sixteen of us maybe
 we'd only been four the year before
 but we grew exponentially
 everyone was eating drinking and being merry
 we sempt genuinely happy, all of us
 they'd been quite a bit of back biting
 as we'd tumbled in to each other
 and got to know one other
 but the team seemed reasonably solid
 rivalry more open now
 taking the form of pointed humour

   david starts stuttering
   r'r'rodney, do you know
   when we f'first hired you
   our y'young colleague h'here
   -- says david, pointing to me --
   was concerned t'that you l'lacked
   civil experience and
   o'only knew about highways

 well everybody just looked at me
 and rodney stared, and shuck his head
 and said --

      i will tell you the same
      as i told the civils
      when they offered me a fellowship
      provided i paid their subscription tariff

         i am a civil engineer
         i have been a civil engineer
         all my working life
         but with respect to roads
         i have driven and built
         more roads, than some of the generals
         upon which clausewitz wrote
         i know of others
         perhaps it is time for a new institution



            man -- says the big lad
                   shaking his head --
            do you think it could happen like that


 dunno -- says i --
 but if it's happened before
 it might happen again i guess
 unless we go fix it


            the big lad roars laughing


 hey, we're here
 kebabish, you still hungry yeah

           no man, -- says the big lad --
           i wasn't messing
           i am seriously starved

 oh

           do you want anything man
           i'm going inside


 no thanks

           i'll get something big yeah
           we all share yeah
           something big

 no thanks i'm fine
 just get for yourself yeah

           you ok man -- says the big lad
                         to us compadre
           i get something big, yeah
           we share yeah

      no thank you
      i can wait -- comes the reply

           ok i go inside, come inside
           it will take a while
           i want to watch them cook

 i'll be in a minute
 i'm going to have another fag

           you should give those things up man
           they're not good for you
           they're slow death man
           slow death

  no i know
  i'll be in a minute yeah
  -- says i as a roll another --

  us compadre and i smile at each other
  this time it us compadre
  who breaks the relative silence --


      what do you make
      of richard stallman


   dunno,
   only seen him the once
   it was entertaining
   he was up at the university last year
   he made me laugh when he put this halo on
   he'd fashioned out of redundant sized computer disk
   it reminded me of when i was a kid
   but i didn't know quite what to think
   when he started picking pizza bits
   out of his teeth with his long beard
   i turned round and said to one bloke there --
   what's that all about

    the bloke replied --
        stallman is free
        he's got a free mind
        he's breaking down conventions

   well i thought
   mi grandad used to have beard
   he told me that he used it
   to mop up any loose whiskey drops

    listen to them clapping
    -- i said to this bloke --
    richard's got a very big following
    he may be free of many things
    but you can never be free of following

   look at him -- i nod through the window
                  to the big lad gesticulating
                  in the shop --

   look he's trying to direct them
   he telling them how to cook
   let's go in
   and talk to him

 we open the door ...

            sure you don't want anything
            -- says the big lad --

   i think we're fine thanks

            listen to the hiss
            can you smell that cooking
            -- roars the big lad --
            i get big,
            this is going be big man
            really big
            i told you i was starved

   you did -- i nod


            what happened to your friend

   which one

            the one who was drunk
            with the beautiful women yeah

   oh -- says i --
   vincent, where did i get up to


            he was pissed up in the doorway
            and he heard a tip tip tipping ...


         the man behind the counter looks up
         and says to the big lad --

                   chips chips
                   you want chips with this
                   yes

           no man -- replies the big lad --
           but plenty of salad yeah
           use the big spoon
           and wash it man yeah
           wash it, no not the spoon
           the salad, wash the salad


  oh, it was tip tip tapping
  -- says i --
  my guess she was wearing stilettos
  well she said to vincent --
     get up
     you can't sleep there

  i would if i could -- said he
  and the lady shuck her head
  took out her keys from her coat pocket
  opened the door, stepping over
  vincent laid there on the floor

  she went inside, and then came back
  and said --
     get up
     you can't sleep there

  i don't think i can luv -- said he
  sorry, i've been drinking
  and i'm drunk as a skunk
  and thought i'd best get down
  before i fell,
  i'll be gone just as soon as it's light luv
  i promise you that

     get up
     you can't sleep there
     -- she said --
     get up, take my hands
     i will help you

  she pulled and he stumbled up
  after a few attempts
  but he was feeling so very woozy
  -- i spin my head round --
  but the women was just so pretty
  face to face, she was a big lass
  with such big dark pale eyes
  that he had no option but to
  smile
  and say --
   thanks luv
   you're beautiful
   i'll be on way

  well the women smiled back
  and said --

     on you're way where
     it's taken me five minutes
     to stand you up,
     come inside
     you may sleep in my living room

   well inside,
   it was very nice
   very clean, yeah
   in fact it smelt of ammonia
   and she sat vincent down
   on her sofa, disappeared
   came back with a pillow
   disappeared again, came back with some blankets
   and whispered --

     i'm making a hot drink
     before i go to bed, would you like one,

  please -- says vincent --
  coffee if have it
  or if not,
  i don't mind
  as long as it's warm and wet
  i don't mind

     right -- smiled the lady,
     you make yourself comfy
     and i'll be back in two ticks ...


  well, she was gone longer than that
  and vincent lent sideways
  on the sofa, his head against his shoulder
  leaning itself against the pillow
  boy was he woozy, he shuck his head
  but that didn't work, he remembered
  being irritated to the point of sickness
  by a fluorescent light that buzzed

    buzzzz, it went
     can you hear that one
     the one there behind the counter
     -- says me pointing --
     there to catch the flies
     buzzzzz, can you hear it
     buzzzzz, the bright light above him
    buzzzzz, boy was vincent woozy
    he just couldn't find a comfortable position
    a quiet place in his mind
    just to distract from the noise of the lights
    he shut his eyes
    moments past ...

     he heard a click
     the red glow and noise stopped
     it was dark now and silent
     the lady was back
     and put two cups upon
     a wooden side table
     at the side of the settee

     he heard another click
     as the lady switched on a table lamp
     in the corner of the room, and he saw her
     bending over, twisting the spot lamp into the corner
     but he saw her, she had changed
     she was wearing a negligee
     and not much else,
     she stood up
     she was built like an amazon
     shaped like an hour glass
     firm, dark against the light

     she turned round
     and said to vincent --

       your coffee's on the table

     and then she sat down
     in a straight back chair
     beside the table
     and began to brush her straight black hair
     thick, very think it was
       brush, brush, down her right side
       brush, brush, down her left side
       almost mechanical, then she flung
       her head and hair forward
       and back brushed it
       over her face
       vincent was entranced
       just staring at her
       she parted her hair with her fingers
       looked at him
       with her big pale eyes
       and said --

       don't you want your coffee

    vincent just smiled, nodded
    fought his wooziness, sat up
    took a gulp, and said again --
    thanks luv

      you really are drunk
      -- said the lady --
      put your head back on the pillow,

    and he did what he was told

    she went to his feet
    picked them up
    and pulls him straight upon the sofa

    she undid his shoe laces
    he used to wear winkle pickers

     shoes, yeah,
     do you the type
     -- i ask the big lad -
     winkle picker
     with the pointy toes
     yeah

           yes -- he replies nodding --


  do you -- says i


           no -- the big lad shakes --
           they are shoes
           what the fuck does it matter
           they are shoes
           what happened next


  nayowt -- says i --
  well not much
  she throw a blanket over him
  said goodnight
  and went to bed


           oh man no -- barks the big lad --
           is that all


  not quite -- says i --


                   do you want this
                   open or wrapped
                   -- enquires the man
                      behind the counter --

           open -- replies the big lad --
           i am seriously starved

                   chile sauce,
                   mayonnaise
                   -- further enquiries --

           chile man,
           more onions
           do you have more onions
           a few more onions please


                   four pounds twenty


           is it ready -- says the big lad --
           really

                   yes, four pounds twenty

           really
           this is going to be good
           i am really starved
           pass it to me please man

                   four pounds twenty please
                   -- replies the man
                      behind the counter --

          the big lad
          gets his change
          out of his pocket
          and counts out four twenty
          into his left hand
          and says again --

           pass it to me


                  four pounds twenty
                  -- replies the man
                     behind the counter --

           here, here
           -- says the big lad,
              raising his left hand
              shaking the change --
           four pounds twenty,
           yes, and now you
           lift, lift
           -- he motions to the food --


                  the man behind the counter
                  lifts up the food
                  with his left hand also
                  as they stand face to face
                  with the counter between them


           we swap yes
           -- says the big lad,
              moving his hands
              towards the other --


                   the other nods
                   cautiously


           we trade on three yes
           one, two, three, trade


 the trade is successful
 and i could do nothing but laugh
 as the big lad tucked in
 to his kebab, and moaned --

           man, man
           oh man, this is really good
           this is really good yeah
           but hot, hey man
           how much for seven up
           the cans
           how much

               eighty five
               -- says the man
                  behind the counter

           here,
           you got change yes

               yes


           good
           -- says the big lad --
           i give you ninety yes
           you give me five pence change
           and the can yes
           but the can first yes
           man this is really hot
           but this is really good

           are you sure you don't want any

  yes thanks
  -- says i --
  is that better


           yeah, oh yeah
           -- munches the big lad --
           i am seriously starved

           so what happened in the morning


  which morning
  -- says i --


           with your friend, vincent
           -- says the big lad laughing,
              then pointing and swivelling
              his forefinger, he states --
           i know you man
           what happened in the morning
           what happened to vincent man
           in the morning


  we've not got that far yet
  he fell asleep, sure
  he was half cut
  but he awoke, to what he thought
  was a toilet flushing,
  and then maybe the sound of sobbing
  or crying,
  and then the calm,
  but he couldn't get back to sleep
  he was kinda stuck
  with the thought of the lady
  bending, amongst other things
  he wanted to see her
  but then, it dawned on him
  that she might not want to see him
  in any case, not drunk
  but he remembered her brushing her hair
  and thought, may be, just may be she did

            ah
            -- stops the big lad --
            that happened to me once


  did it
  -- i nod --

            yeah, back home
            i was out
            crashed a party
            dancing, voom voom

            voom voom, rock man rock
            you know how i dance yeah

  i nod to the big lad
  who's plucking an air guitar
  with his right hand
  whilst playing a harmonica
  with the kebab in his left

            yeah
            and i go bang
            -- he flicks his head
               sharply back--
            and smash
            crack ...

            er ... what do you call these things
            like a wooden matrix
            above a terrace
            with flowers growing in them yes

  what, oh
  er ... a trellis
  -- i suggest --
  like the one
  i fastened to the wall
  out back
  the office

            yes, yes,
            but much bigger, longer
            thirty square metres at least
            rectangular yes
            horizontal yes
            above your head
            with flowers and vines

  oh, oh
  a pagoda
  -- i suggest --

           yes, yes
           a pagoda
           i dance yes
           bang, it breaks
           fuck, i try and push it back up
           but no, it is really fubar
           fuck
           this boy comes up to me, yeah
           he says --

             this is my parent's home
             look what you've done

           he was really mad
           i laughed
           he tried to hit me
           i caught his hand, laughed once more
           and said --

            ok, you hold it
            i take a rest yes

           and put up his hand to the trellis
           fuck, he was mad
           he dropped it
           boom, flowers everywhere
           fuck man,
           i got out of there
           really fast, and watched
           and laughed, he came up to me
           you know, again this boy
           he tried again
           i held him back
           got out a thousand euros
           and said --

            here, here
            take this man, yeah
            i'm sorry man yeah
            but this is so funny

           fuck was he mad

           are you sure you don't want any of this

  sure -- says i giggling --
  what happened next

            well, this girl
            from the island
            came up, calmed him down
            he fucked off for a bit
            we chatted
            she was beautiful man
            like big, and dark
            from the island yes
            you like rock, i said
            she said yes,
            we dance yes, no
            yes, we dance yes
            ok we dance
            and we danced
            and she moved man
            man, how she moved
            but i banged into someone else
            and laughed, and the boy came back
            fuck, red faced again
            i thought fuck
            he's going to pop of vein
            i told him this time
             go screw yourself
             and he said, screw you man
             and the girl laughed
             no, no, no she said
             and pulled me this time
             well away, we go yes
             yes no yes no i said
             yes, and we walked out
             in to the night
             man, it was warm
             we sit for a bit
             gently kissed
             and then
             and then
             well ...


  well what
  -- says i --

             we made out

  oh
  -- says i
     and then think and say --
  how is this like vincent


             oh
             -- replied the big lad --
             the crying
             the sobbing


  what crying
  what sobbing
  -- says i --

            the girl
            she cried

  when
  -- says i --

            when we were making out

  did she
  why

            i don't know man
            you know women


  i don't know her
  dint you ask

            no man,

            i don't want emotion
            i got out of there really fast

  when
  when did you get out of there


            as soon as we'd finished


  finished what


            making out


  fuck,
  when did she start crying


            during
            you know how it is


  no i don't know if i do
  dint you stop


            no man no
            you know how it is
            yes no yes no maybe
            yes no yes no


  fuck -- barks i --
  paddy is mi indicator working
  yes no yes no yes no
  -- shouts i --


            what's wrong with you man


  there is no yes no yes no in this game is there
  it's got to be yes yes yes yes yes oh yes
  or else it's fucking rape


            don't call me a fucking rapist man
            -- says the big lad
               swivelling his finger again --
            you called my sister a whore earlier
            don't call me a fucking rapist man


  listen sweetheart -- barks i --
  i don't know your sister
  and i didn't call her a whore
  and it wasn't me, who called the lady on the bridge
  an whore either,
  and i'm certainly not calling
  the lady who you made cry a whore


            it wasn't me man
            -- the big lad protest --


  no -- says i --


               do you want any thing else lads
               -- says the man
                  behind the counter --


  yeah -- says i --
  can i have a tin of pop
  do you have dandelion and burdock


               no
               just what you can see

  oh, ok
  lemonade please

              seventy five
              -- comes the reply --


 i shake my head
 at the big lad
 and say --
  fuck

           what -- says the big lad

  you don't know do you

           what

  why the lady was crying

           no
           do you -- the big lad questions --

  no
  but i would have asked

  have you seen her since


           yes

  and

           and nothing
           just from a distance yes
           we keep our distance yeah
           we keep our heads down
           you know

  fuck
  think back
  what was the last thing
  she said to you

           fuck, i don't know
           we were drunk
           we were making out


  were you
  was she drunk too
  could she have been saying stop,
  arrete, yes


           no, well she said stop
           but it was stop, start, maybe
           you know how these things go

 i shake mi head

           why was she there
           if she didn't want it

 want what
 maybe she just took pity on you
 or was trying get you away
 from her mates at the pagoda party
 who knows

          no, we were there kissing
          she wanted it man,
          why was she there
          if she didn't want it

 i stop, and shake mi head again --

  dunno
  i bet she's asked herself that question
  many times,
  more times
  than i'd want to imagine

           no man
           it wasn't like that

  wasn't it
  -- says i --
  why was she crying


           i don't fucking know
           -- barks the big lad --


              seventy five pence please
              -- says the man behind the counter --


  oh sorry mate
  -- says i,
    passing him over the change --

  fuck
  -- says i again
     to the big lad --

              you look shocked
              has this never happened to you


  no
  -- says i --


              never

  no
  -- says i --

              fuck -- says the big lad --
              never

  no
  -- says i --


              fuck,
              nothing similar

 i think back
 and say --
  yes, it's grabbing isn't it
  you took, you grabbed
  didn't you, screw the rest
  you thought, didn't you
  i eat this -- i roar --
  didn't you, it is mine

             yes
             -- said the big lad --
             after all
             i am a man
             -- and he squeezes
                really tight
                and knuckles mi temples
                yet again and says --
             i knew you would understand
             that's why i love you man ...


 well, i don't think
 i'd ever felt so sick to the pits
 ever before,
 sick to the soul, sick to the touch
 sick of it all, i looked up
 straight through the big lad
 and into my reflection
 in the shop window
 and through this mirage i saw
 the big lad's face, further away
 but reflecting back at me all the same
 off the perspex covering of the price list,
 mounted on the wall behind me
 and more reflections
 cascading, hop scotching, in to infinity
 spiralling, i felt so giddy
 i closed mi eyes
 and tried to focus ...

 i heard the buzzing
 of the fly catcher
 and it dint make me any better

 i opened them again
 no change
 our reflections were still there
 but this time, through it
 superimposed, and actually in it
 i see a lady looking in at me
 but not really,
 she's straightening out her hair
 checking out her visage
 against the outside of the window

 i laugh
 and start again
 with the big lad ...

  do you know sometimes
  i think i laugh
  or giggle in the wrong places
  -- i begin --
  some of the things you say
  just get me laughing
  but sometimes
  i think it encourages you
  and you think
  some how i approve
  but i don't
  far from it

 i shake mi head


            what do you mean
            what like man


  like, for instance
  you know how your mam was twenty
  and your dad was forty,
  when they got married
  and you said, i'm going to improve
  on the design, when i get that old
  i'll going to get two twenty year olds
  yeah, it makes sense yeah
  as a matter of equity
  and i laughed


             yeah -- laughs the big lad --


  well maybe i shouldn't


            oh man -- giggles the big lad --
            i was only messing


  were you
  i don't know any more


            i was messing man


  were you
  i don't know, but i do know this
  if it's happiness
  you're looking for
  with a women
  it's far easier to find it with one
  than with two

  i think your dad would say the same


            i know,
            i was messing


  were you,
  what would your mother have to say


            the big lad laughs
            --
            man, you are mad
            i wouldn't say this
            to my mother


  no
  well why
  do you says these things to me


            i was just talking man
            talking shit man, yeah


 i shake mi head --
  come on, let's go
  let's go hit the hay yeah


            yeah, man
            i'm not quite so starved now

            but i extremely shagged

            let's go sleep
            yeah
            let's go sleep



 so we get out of kebabish
 and start south back along the track
 the last half mile up the sheaf ...

            are you sure
            you don't want any of this
            either of you
            i'm nearly there
            full yeah,
            have you got lemonade left
            yeah


  yeah,
  do you want it


            please man yeah
            it was so hot

            what about vincent man
            what happened to him


  oh, well
  he kinda couldn't resist it
  or rather her,

  his thoughts
  he was really quite young
  he'd had the occasional quick fumble
  after a dance, or a match
  but that lady, she was mature yeah
  she's got a baby, and her own place
  different life, well different from his

  if not the first time for vincent
  then it was the first real time

  and her, she, who knows,
  who knows what she's used to,
  b'b'biblically speaking
  who knows where she'd been before
  in the car, or any time before that night ...

   he was soon up
   he sat up at first
   drank up the cold coffee
   stared at the lamp in the corner
   stood up, didn't feel too shaky
   so he went upstairs
   found the loo,
   urinated
   flushed, washed his hands
   came out, in to the corridor
   and listened at what he took
   to be her door

   slowly
   he pushed it quietly open
   she was lying with her back to him
   but the crack let the light in
   and she turned and put her finger up
   to her lips and shushed
   she stood up slowly, quietly
   and came to him and said --

    what do you want

       i just thought -- said vincent --

    what -- she whispered --
    thought what

  well vincent shuck his head
  and said again --

       i just thought

    not here -- said the lady --
    taking him by the hand again
    and back to the sofa --
    get back down -- she said --
    head back on the pillow
    -- she said -- and again
    picked up his feet
    and pulled him flat out --
     there -- she said --
     that's a good boy
     you can stay her
     but promise me
     no hands, no kissing

  well vincent nodded
  and thought she was leaving
  but she didn't, she bent down over him
  and said --
    you can't be comfortable
    with those on
  pointing to his trousers,
    don't be shy -- she said --
  as she undid his belt and buttons
    are you shy -- she said
  not really, said vincent
    good, best not to be really
    here, i'll help, she said
    that's it, that that's undone

  then standing back at his feet
  where she'd unpicked his winkle pickers
  she pulled at the sleeve of his jeans
  until she'd slid them off his toes

    there now -- she said
    isn't that better

  yes thanks -- said vince
  it's a bitty chilly mind

    oh, are you cold -- said she
    where's that blanket
    it's crumpled look
    that no use,
    let me give it a shaking

  and she did, she took two corners
  with her hands, flapped it out
  but when she laid it flat,
  she din't cover him,
  she covered the floor below

    why you done that
    -- said vincent --

  the floor can get a bit chilly too
  -- her reply, a matter of fact  --
  it can be rough also, in some places
  don't worry, i'll warm you
   but promise me
   no hands, no kissing
   not with out my permission

  well vincent nodded yet again
  but this time neither smiling
  she stepped on to the sofa
  lowered her self down slowly
  upon to his ankles
  boy was she warm ...


   oh look -- says i --
   to us compadre and the big lad
   whilst pointing to the ground --
    a penny
   i pick it up
    you know what they say don't ya
     see a penny
     pick it up
     and if you're lucky
     all that day
     you might have that penny

          what happened next man
          -- says the big lad --

  next, i roll a fag
  -- says i --
  let's just stand here for a bit yeah
  have you finished with the wrapping paper
  there's a bin there look

          oh yes -- says the big lad
                    throwing the bits --
          let's walk, yeah
          i'm tired man, seriously

  you must be -- says i --
  i'm tired too
  and you're a lot a younger than me

  do you know what
  these days i get tired
  just telling stories

            us compadre laughs this time
            which is always a joy to hear

  let's go a bit further yeah
  there's some forms just below
  the brow of this mound
  let's go sit yeah
  down by the sheaf
  watch the day break yeah
  see the dawn


            oh man no,
            come on, it's really late
            i need to sleep


  i want to too
  but it's that late, it'll soon be early
  we may as well catch it
  we've come so far, it's only another
  two hundred so yards,
  yeah, come on


             just tell me what happened
             quickly, i go sleep yeah
             you two, well you two
             you two do whatever
             but i go sleep yeah man
             i need sleep, quickly


  it's not a quick story


             oh man
             can you shorten it


  well i can try
  but it's got a long to go yet
  she was very warm you see

             oh man,
             does it get better yes


  does what get better

             the story,
             does it get any better yes

  why
  do you think it's crap at the moment


             no -- laughs the big lad --
             i mean, you know
             wham bam, wham bam
             you know

  no, i don't know
  -- says i laughing too --


             what do you mean
             -- snorts the big lad --
             have you no idea

             it's you that's telling it
             isn't it

  no, i mean no
  i don't know
  what you mean by
  wham bam, wham bam
  you know

             yes you do
             -- entreats the big lad --
             juicy, wham bam
             juicy you know

  well yes i suppose
  do you want to the hear
  the next bit, yeah

             yeah

  ok, here goes ...


  well there's vincent laid down
  looking up at this lady knelt astride
  his ankles, his toes are moving
  behind her bum, and certain other appendages
  but other than that, he's frozen, solid
  staring right in to the eyes of this lady,
  who's moving slowly and staring straight back
  she puts her hands upon his pelvis
  locking her arms straight
  she moves against him, first up
  one shin and then the other
  then placing her hands upon his shoulders
  pushes up either thigh, this time
  squeezing tightly kneading almost
  now in time to her own sweet sighing

  there -- she says
           when their faces
           touch almost
           her big eyes up close
           her legs spread wide
           she pushing down
           upon his mid section
  there -- she sighs again
           almost there
           she sits up straight
           perpendicular
           and quivers

  vincent, forgot his promise
  he put his hands up to her thighs
  they felt so strong
  she stopped, slapped his dannies
  really hard as with a mallet
  and whispered --

       no hands,
       you promised
       you promise

  i promise -- says vincent
  she begins again ever so slowly
  until she began again to quiver
  but this time she intertwines their fingers
  twisting their arms around the small of her back
  and she says --

       squeeze, please
       squeeze, tight please

  they squeeze together

       i'm so warm
       -- she said --
       i ought to,
       take my night dress off

  and she does
  and she is very well built
  very,
  he bra looks fit to bursting

       push, push
       -- she sighed --
       push down with me

  and vincent, well
  vincent did as he was asked

  she stopped hard, frozen
  moments
  like a stone almost solid
  but gently quivering minutes maybe
  she lent forward
  pushed up his old grey vest
  and buried her head
  quivering against his chest
  he felt her breath, sweet upon his neck
  it was over, or so he thought ...


          well go on then

          -- says the big lad --

          continue

  have you ever smelt a women

         of course

  no
  i dunt mean smelt her shop bought perfume

  i mean a women, her hair
  her sweat, her own sweet scent

          yeah, d'accord

  well that's what vincent did
  i mean in way he was frustrated
  very frustrated, but in another way
  he just didn't give a fig
  he like what she did, he liked her for that matter
  he began to stroke her back
  she liked that, he played with her hair
  he said to her --
    it's very straight

     i iron it -- was her reply --

  it was very long too
  it ran straight down her back
  towards her bum, she stopped him there though

    not yet, no
    -- she said --
    in a minute,
    i will start again
    -- she said --
    i promise


   but then there came a crying from upstairs
   and the women froze just as solid as before
   she raised herself up, off his chest
   and listened to her baby calling


  vincent remained still also, listening
  the lady called out and upwards --

    sleep now baby
    shhush,
    back to sleep now please

  the crying continued, but the lady held firm
  calling again --

    sshhush now
    back to sleep you
    go back to sleep you my love



 i stop walking
 and say --
  and then it really started
   come on
    let's sit on those forms for a bit
    until it's light yeah
    it won't be long
    about forty five minutes i guess
    what time is it know

             late
             very late
             -- says the big lad
                crankily --
             and then what really started

  the juice
  come on
  let's keep walking
  and go sit for a bit yeah

  here,
  it was like a click, upon his chest
  vincent jerked at the second tick
  and the lady shushed him this time
  by beginning again her slow hip grind

    sshhush baby
    back to sleep now you

  she called once more,
  and once more vince felt
  a tick, but upon his chin this time
  he felt at it, it was wet, a dripping
  what was it, a nose bleed he thought absurdly
  it worried him, her moving thighs distracted him
  but the drips just kept ticking
  upon his chest and his chin
  he froze

    what's wrong
    -- whispered the lady
       once the baby was calmed
       and quiet --

      my chest is wet
      -- his reply --


    oh i am sorry
    -- replied the lady --
    let's stand up
    and get your wet vest off

    i'm weaning my baby
    my tits are leaking
    and they're very sore
    no touching promise

    you lie down
    on the floor please
    on that blanket
    and i will warm you
    as i promised

  and she did, she sat astride his chest this time
  the milk there acted as a lubricant
  slipping herself back and forth,
  so slowly, so gentle, until her thighs
  were rubbing against his face and chin

  you need to shave -- she said --

    ok -- said vince --
    do you have a razor

  not now -- she laughed,
             and rubbed again

  am i too heavy
  for your chest
  too heavy for you yes


     not really
     -- he replied --
     you're a big lass
     but you're ever so bonny

  why thank you
  i can do this if it helps
  -- she said -- as she lent forward
                 knees either side of his ears
   no kissing though
   not yet, at least not there
   at least not yet
   please, your hands please again
   -- she said --
   same place as last time
   i need my hands this time
   -- said she --
   you do it, gentle strokes
   yes that's nice
   squeeze a little
   if you like

   so, same crack as before
   a little bit this way, she moves
   a little bit that way, she moves
   sometimes she hovers, others
   she rasps her thighs upon his chin
   squeezing tightly kneading almost
   now in time to her own sweet sighing
    there -- she says
    there, again
    almost there
    she sits up straight
    begins her quiver
    vincent grabbed up at that point
    and made to honk her ample bosoms

  no,
  you promised
  -- the lady whispered --
  not there,
  here, push with me

  and she intertwined their fingers
  squashed her breasts in to each other
  their hands clasped still
   like live book ends, compressing the volumes
   now both squeezing tightly kneading almost
   the drip drip dripping down her tummy,
   her thighs, smooth live book ends
   his book like mouth, tasting smelling
   now in time to her own sweet sighing
   hard, this time, he tried to force their fingers
   round to cup a frontal feel,

    stop
    you promised
    -- said the lady
       miffed, she stood up
       shuck her head --
   no hands, no kissing
   not with out my permission
   you promise

   vincent nods
   she smiles --
    let me kiss you
    but don't kiss me back
    at least not yet
   she extracts another promise
    i kiss you
    and you stay still

   well she began with the lightest feather like kisses
   upon his mouth, and then began to dart her tongue
   against his upper teeth and gums, gentle at first
   slowly down, round the inside of his mouth,
   then faster, then she nipped his bottom lip

    howw -- said vincent --
    what you do that for

  sorry -- she says --
  did that hurt
  no biting then
  and no kissing
  promise
  i kiss you again
  and you stay still

  and she started kissing him once more
  but this time her tongue pushes really deep
  too deep really
  for the amount that vince had had to drink
  and he pulled back
  and she stops, quick

    sorry -- she say --
    but thank you
    for not kissing me back

     your welcome
     -- said vince
        not really knowing
        what to think --

    i'm so warm
    -- she said once more
       but this time
       when she sat back upon his chest
       her back was facing him
       then ever so slowly
       moving her self across his wet rib cage
       up and gently sliding
       she whispered --
    unhook my bra please

   vincent fumbled
   but obliges
   and once undone, the bra sprang off
   across the room
   unwrapping internal tensions

   ping it popped

   ohhohh -- the lady moans --
   please squeeze, at the sides
    she moves her hands to help
    they interlock again with vincent's
    they press in harmony with her breathing
    he hears and feels the tick tick dripping
    she sliding slowly slow gyrations
    to the same pace as their pressings

  am i too heavy
  for your chest
  -- she says --
  too heavy for you yes

       not really
     -- vincent this time giggled --

  good,
  but, i can do this if it helps
  -- said she
     and just as before she leans
     half kneels, her weight now gentle
     back and forth, wet feather brushing
     against his stubble


  you can kiss me back now
  if you wish -- she whispered --




     oh,
     can you smell that
     -- says i
        as we reach the sheaf --
     i can always smell detergent just here
     can you smell it
     let's sit here for a bit
     can you smell it

       us compadre sniffs and says --

          no
          i think it's psychosomatic

    maybe -- i reply --

             psychofuckingsomething
             -- suggest the big lad --

   i giggle --

    your english is improving
    what's wrong with you

             what we doing here man
                -- says he --

   which here -- says i --
   what we doing here, geographically
   or
   what we doing here, metaphysically

             you are at it again
             and i am very tired

   don't you wanna know
   what happened to vince

             not any more man
             he got it didn't he

    nayow, not really
    not like he got it later
    he's still frustrated
    but
    do you know why i think it smells here


            no

    can't you smell anything
    sniff man, sniff

            yes, there is a whiff,
            hewww, but it is more like dog shit
            come on, let's go


    we've just got here
    let's sit for a bit
    five more minutes
    then we go
    i promise -- says i


            i promise -- says the big lad
                         mimicking --
            i know you man
            there is no vince
            it was you wasn't it

    nayow -- says i --
    maybe i wish
    but this one,
    is one of vincent's
    man, did he know how to tell 'em


            i don't believe you man

   well, you don't have to
   but do you what
   what happened next
   and then should we go yeah

            yeah man


   well the lady said to vince
    it's your turn now
    and lying upon her front
    she pulled the pillow
    below her tummy
    and asked vince to warm her
    as she had warmed him earlier
    -- no hands
       no kissing
       promise

    ok -- said vincent --
    and began to rub as slow as she
    first one leg and then the other
    until he nuzzled against wet feathers
    she arched a little, moved him between
    her lips and pillow,

   slowly, no hands
   thank you -- she whispered --
   that feels nice against my tummy
   slowly that's right
   no need to hurry
   do not wet me, at least not yet please

    then, like before
    they intertwined their hands like book ends
    and compressed her breasts from the side
    man were they firm, solid, like pamplemousses
      squeeze please
      harder please
      everywhere harder please
    she arched once more,
    and quivered, and began to shake
    quite slowly


    this time though
    vincent squeezed and rubbed
    and perhaps did something
    he shouldn't have done

    he hooked his hand around her breasts
    and squeezed her tight, and felt the milk
    dribble between his fingers

     ohoh -- moaned the lady --
     tighter
     you promise
     not the nipples
     squeeze tighter
     harder, squeeze

   and again
   vincent did as instructed
   but this time he stopped sharp
   for upon her chest he felt
   a third breast, small between the other two
   smaller, more like a pregnant teenager's,
   just as firm



                  no -- barks the big lad --

   yeah, i know
   but it's more common
   than you would imagine

                  fuck three man, no
                  -- intones the big lad --

   yeah -- i nod --
   well more like two and half
   life's stranger than fiction

                 fuck

   i know
   it shocked poor vince also
   she had to warm him up again

        don't stop
        -- she said --
        squeeze
        please
        harder
        -- as she rubbed him
           with her dry soft tummy

   well, vince being vince
   did as he was directed
   until conquered by his large frustration
   and
   perhaps a smaller curiosity
   he whispered --

       turnover please

   no
   not yet
   squeeze -- replied the lady
              in a low moan


  i will, i shall
  i promise
  but turnover please


    ok -- relents the lady --
    but promise
    no kissing
    not the nipples
    kiss them at the sides
    if you wish, you can even lick
    but no, not there
    not the nipples
    no don't lick there
    oh here here, she says
    this one
    you can have this little one
    the baby needs the others

    and with that
    she pulled vincent up between her large breasts
    and attaches him to her little tit

    then, with one hand on his manhood
    she tucks its tip into her naval
    and says --

      now rub together
      squeeze, and feed

   wow
   was that lady hot now
   a real live wire
   it was as though the flood gates had opened

   half an hour like this they stayed
   vincent feeding and squeezing to his hearts content
   both draining, and finally being drained
   in to the mote of ladies soft naval

   exhausted
   they fell asleep


                man, juicy
                three tits man
                -- exclaims the big lad --
                wam bam, wam bam


   yeah, i know
   but vincent couldn't find it in the morning though
   when the light broke through the curtains
   it had gone, it was no more
   she was still there though
   still as bonny, sleeping deeply
   smiling sweetly, firm in mind and fit of body

   but now between her leaking breasts
   he saw a wet patch glowing red
   and in this fresh light, came fresh knowledge

    oh -- thought vince --
    that little tit i fed upon
    was just a carbuncle, but a giant one

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