Narration 4

Here, by these gates, a marriage ended. What a strange thing to know.

Narration 3

What can I hope to explain? I have ceased trying. the effort of telling was always wasted and made the next attempt longer. Now, i lick my wounds, but keep them to myself. It is enough to show and to restrain any desire to be a protagonist. Safer too. People ply their trades. Paul's garage holds it's secrets. He once asked me to find him a rare book about a now defunct army company which his grandfather belonged to. I have forgotten the name. this yard has been a place of commerce for over two hundred years. It serves the golden triangle now.

Narration 2

To here, the river is tidal. At the point where the tides cease to exact their mark, are the County Courts. Today, a solicitor in his forties is being tried for a crime which has been popularised as date rape. Grooming is another thing he has been charged with. As a smoker, the photographer in the car park feels certain he will be out soon. Relatives or friends connected with the case gather outside and our eyes are fairly averted by a security guard.

NARRATION 1

We’re still normal. If you come round our house, there’ll be people there, sometimes ten, fifteen, just coz they need some sanity man. I’m glad we got out. I tell you, my boy he’s had to fight but he’s ok now. Even I back off man, you know? It’s easier just to let him win. I don’t get involved, so long as it’s kids, but if adults get involved, you know, I’ve been around and I’m like, out on the streets. But these gangs man, like the AFL, the LWA, blokes say to me: “I aint takin shit from a bunch of kids man” - but I tell you, they go down there and you see them later, like, limping man. You go down there and you’re gonna be eating hospital food for a while man. But the AFL, they was set up like that. That was supposed to be blokes like us, sortin it out… I guarantee you now, go into any prison and you’ll find like 100 AFL. Mental.

Zoe's 13th (but does anyone buy CD's anymore?)

I haven't got you a present yet

and I told you to blow out the candles whilst we were still singing

that was only because the six love hearts waxing were melting on the meringue.

But it's an excuse

Some of us were tired and my present to you (when it arrives)

will be an alarm clock CD - so you can be a bit more hurried.

I'm sorry I can't make the world better than it is and

I'm sorry its not been always great

and I hope you will get an opportunity to REALLY compare

me and what was our life to something new and better

you deserve to grow well and prosper spocklike

I just thought it would be better to hurry to a tune of your choosing....

Now, Ebay, where oh where,,... I love you kiddo. x

look away

im dying

ive got kittens i wont outlive

and hope has no use for

what i have to say

sorry

i didnt see or feel sooner

it was late when light got me

now theres a fading grey

black hole

time stays

things dont move

just life mechanisms

doing

the do

so sorry,

but dont miss much

im nothing you cant

replace

its ok

reletavism gone east

something about afghani boy dancing as girls and the good old british art of dog fighting

by way of comparison are we not all sufferers of intolerance?

and measure by measure dont we all need some zealous foundation - however distant - to founder our proclivities in a get out? bashi something or other

I forget what it's called

but theyre allowed to be men when theyre 19 and have been shagged rotten by theyre elders

opium is good for you. Might make a painting....

JOB DONE

GROSS PALPABLE LINEOUT FORTIFICATION GRIND ALFALFA GAS TURBINE NASTURTIUM EFFLUVIAL NASCENT OMBUDSMAN QUITS TIME BASTARD FEET HONORARIUM DEFAULT BECKONING QUANTIFIABLE DRAUGHTS BANDSTAND HALTINGLY AFFECTS RUMBLE QUAINT FOUL DETECT ALLUMINIUM HIND IN RANT TERM AGREEMENT BASTIONS ABSTRACT MANGERS ALL BALLOONS EAT PASTA