is monsters. Tits out, wet-mouthed, back. Shouting and screaming just to they exist.
Becky's at the bar the usual mix Of decadent and desolate lighting. Everybody here has got a hyphenated second name. more breeze Than the wind at the vane.
Industry slimeballs, big-deals. The cool new band the retro feel, It's the party for their video. danced in it. The director, Law, to toe in yellow velour, Is court about the science of image the sycophants giggle and grimace. Becky fidgets, herself, 'Must stop so cynical, Everybody is a human, Even these pitiful posturing pop and idiots.' She tells herself to look - is hideous.
So while Marshall Law is wanking on his artwork She smiles at the guy opposite, eyes, dark shirt. He raises his in the direction of Marshall. 'My Becky,' she says, 'What's
She was like that he'd seen before. Strong body, edges, with something so raw In the of her iris. He his name, 'Harry'. And in his life had he felt so happy. got talking, Free bar. Exhausting He drank until she was so He out the party. The floor spun, he stared at her face and felt sure, Something was here.
He was nervous, His kept doing circuits of the room. He drank as fast as they serve him, Then this comes over, out a thick hand, And looks at her he's just found himself in quicksand. He gives this guy a wrap, they hands cash passed between palms, No fuss. bash, yes, bosh. He at her guiltily, She waved it off, 'You a shotter then, I care.'
'Becky, all I ever was a place of my own.' His eyes, and trusting, He's at her, desperate for something to click. He is up. This is it. 'A real classy place, the bit, Like a speakeasy, and lights That off of the glasses No hype, and no arseholes. Instead of rotting our out In shitty old We can be grown men, to music, Real music. with heart by real bands, Not just looking like they're Giving to mic stands. And be in a waistcoat, dead grand. Place. Or, at least, the plan.'
She was listening, not listening. Kept distracted by the lights flickering. He looks an outline that needs filling in. He in close, starts whispering:
'The is, and it's weird, I felt so able, To talk this to anybody, ever, Recently Becky, been really feeling the pressure. I can't tell you how it is To get off my chest.'
Becky's holding to her glass. Good coke, fast. She watches his as he talks. Little on her fingertips Expert. snort. Sucking on a cigarette, feeling bored.
It's true if you it. The world is the But all how you see it. One flash of lightning ripping through the air Is another's passing glare, there. It's true if you it. The world is the But all how you see it. One man's flash of ripping through the air Is another's passing glare, there.
'If I'm honest, well it is, It's a trap, I ain't trying to be I just need to raise the for the dream. I hardly touch it Look, it that But once I set a task, Well, ain't no going back. And I am there, I am, nearly, anyway, The is, I kinda had to all of my friends away. I have nobody what I'm up to I keep it very secret but the is I love to, for one day, You know, live like any guy. I have a girlfriend, you see 'Cause I like to lie. It's all round That I just keep my down. And, yeah, the is booming, Yeah, the is really booming. But my think I work in recruitment So, I get up morning And I put a shirt and on And I get on a train, I go up town. all professional users. I sell in the boardrooms and not the To, like, and these modern day Scrooges Who get their secretaries to me coffee, so stupid. Meant to be hard times, right, a But these guys are buying than ever, I reckon And I...
got nice eyes, Shame his issues, though. The pushes on, her cynicism's getting vicious, Show nothing, smiling.
She the eye of her mates, They're by the bar in a state. Nod for me' They understand, over, Put their around her shoulders - 'Becky, we're bored, go'. His slows to a stop, He seems to his composure, She at him 'Yeah, was getting to know ya.'
No, not like that, leave. Please. Don't make her go, we've got started.
teeth are bare, their feet are planted Their smirking at him like dirt, And now his is Damp with the of and losing This girl. He feels weak with confusion, What had he How long had he He watches walk to the doors His roars.
In the back of the cab, the sit there giggling The driver lets smoke out of the window So shivering. They pass a bottle of wine and forth Let it against their teeth. The cab fast through the streets. was that guy you was with?' Becky shakes her softly, 'Him? I know, probably alright, But I could tell he was one of "save me" types, And I couldn't be with that. Not tonight.'