And now for the third part of four-part late night tales story
Flat of Angles
Written by Simon Cleary
And read by me Benendict Cumberbatch
I just can't access my thoughts
Or put them into words
I think now my brain recycle been awaiting deletion
Still no reply to my text, I send to its...
Oh, let me see
9:48, and it's now 10 o'clock
She hasn't texted to me in response
To my imploring, longing, yearning message
Full of wiring sudden grief
Thus, morning!
How are you?
I enjoyed our journey in the dark so can't wait last night!
Back at my place, looking forward to the gig tonight
What time can you get there?
Where is Rhythem Factory?
Have a great day!
Kiss
As many questions as possible all crying out for response
Surface lightness, reflective even
Asking after, referring to events our showing her I'm thinking of her
The kiss bow
That was contemplative for a good five minutes althought we held hands briefly
Near McDonald's on the Earl's Court Road last night
I don't know that was to forward the kiss, too presumptuous now
But, her touch, sent a clean electric impulse through me
Up my mind, into my brain
It cuts through the K, the sodium light
The rain I longed to protect her from my arms
Now he's check of the message this phone results
A little clutch of pain somewhere of the sanity is heart
The snails are climbing all over the wall in my bathroom
There is a bush outside the window
When it rains if I've left the window open
Which I need to, sometimesĀ
They crawl in
The iridescent tracery they leave onĀ
Unknown journey sparkles in the bob light
I take a Tesco-bag glove and gather them
Bundle them out the window
My time spend with you before the war
She said she was going to Spain, hoped it wouldnāt rain
Heard it wouldnāt rain. I wanted to go too
She said she was a solo traveler
But it was her rule
She goes on journeys alone
With plenty to read
Recommend some books, so that perhaps a thought of me would go with her
Perhaps I am the only thought she had
Or more probably, she never thought of me, as I did of her
I wanted to say these things
But there was always a wall around me
I could never tell people how much they meant to me
I could tell others how much I hated some people
But could never even tell a friend I appreciated their company
Until Iād had 10 cans, then it would descend into a stereotypical drunken
āYouāre my best mate, you are.āĀ
So we opened that bottle of absinthe, and sat on the couch
I knocked a copy of The Face onto the floor
The FaceĀ
And cleared away a few cans with my boots
We turned to face each other there
An my knee touched hers
I looked at our knees together
Hers at the top of the black leather boots, hidden in grey woollen tights
With little bobbles on them
Her knee moved imperceptibly away
But I felt it
I looked up to her face
As she said āDrink a shot with me, and look me in the eye as you do.ā
We did
I didnāt feel the effect of the alcohol
But her eyes gave me a warm glow
I was swallowed by them
As she swallowed the green liquid
I couldnāt get enough
We did it again and again
Rinse, then repeat
As needed
Well, we were fabric for a drama bass night
We were about to bow about four
Just getting our coats, when we were
Tim getting some sorts of trouble
With the coat room attendant, he lost his ticket
She said "we'd have to wait until the end to get the coat
So we had to sit outside
By the meat market, in the freezing cold
At least wear our coats
Until 8, when it was finally over
Tim's was only coat hanging around in the middle of this desert
And then Tim, put his hand, in his jeans' pocket
And pulls out a sweat rubbish ruffled ticket
Saying "I had it all along"
Doug, saw this, he just screws his hands up into his face
Forces them to his side
Shaking, grating his teeth, groaning
Moving off slowly, muttering "fuuuuuuuu(ck)"
"Fuuuuuuuu(ck)" Oh no, my number will be on her phone
Theyāll know
I need to get round there and delete the calls
So it
Out of the strong, came forth sweetness
It says that on the tins of Lyleās Golden Syrup
Have you ever noticed that?
It has a picture of a lion, dead
Surrounded by bees, buzzing around
And feasting on the lionās innards
It is from a Biblical story
Someone was going somewhere
Saw the lion dead in the sunshine
And carried on
On his way back
The bees had started to form a hive within the lion
And were creating honey
Hence out of the strong...
I have enough here to join her, to join the lion
I canāt walk around the block once more, again
Iāve been doing that for years, and I have never escaped
I donāt even know why Iām doing it
Iām going nowhere, like those snails, except out the window
The streets are full of mercenary eyes
Veins full of evil serum
90 degrees from window
Right down to its gables
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