Rocky took a lover |
Rocky was shy, and so was I. So I drank, and he being a drunk by trade - drank more.Red wine, red teeth, red sauce on his shirt, the two of us perched at this rickety old table, eating spaghetti and ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:28:00 GMT |
The Lady and the Tramp |
I am not in the habit of being loved. It's not the kind of thing thathappens to me, not now. Not when I'm forty five and have been roundthe block so many times I'm dizzy with it. Not when I've spent t...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:08:00 GMT |
Roses in the teapot |
When I walked into the kitchen today, it was blooming. There were flowers everywhere, growing out of the pots and pans, carnations and pansies, and roses in the teapot. Jim was out having a fag, so it...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:11:00 GMT |
Rocky |
Some people just won't let you be. Out there full throttle, attackingeverything in their path. That's the thing about Rocky. He just won'tfucking let things be. Twinkling away all day, prodding at eve...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:20:00 GMT |
The morning after |
Across the road from the kitchen, there's a row of redbrick houses. Amadman in one, a couple in another, and in Number 1, there's a groupof young lads who get up late and dazed-looking and ferry bread...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:34:00 GMT |
Enjoy the silence |
Adrianna, my name, was chosen by my father, apparently. Not that he actually stuck around long enough to see the consequences of his bright idea. But the name stayed. Adrianna. Apparently it's Italian...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:20:00 GMT |
Ladle dee |
I'm all about living in the present. There's no need to Carpe Diem me.Sure why would I want to live in the rotten past? And who the hellknows if there even is a future? So that's me, seize the day all...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:55:00 GMT |
The Dark |
Started work in the soup kitchen yesterday. I couldn't wait to get out of the Spar, with that dickhead Dave acting like he's lord of the deli and all those painted ladies plonking their fat key rings ...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 02:34:00 GMT |
