The
Paramedic (Glen - XIV) (3rd September 2002)
"What has happened to you, Glen? You sound so vague. Where is
my Glen? Are you planning to go the Bertha way?" Maggie wanted to
go on talking but she halted. This was unfamiliar territory...
The
Face (Glen - XIII) (27th August 2002)
The phone rang. The nurse talked into it for some minutes and then
hung up. She looked at Glen again. No menace, no sympathy, only a blank
stare...
The
Grave (Glen - XII) (20th August 2002)
"Resolve? Resolve about what?" he asked himself. He didn't
know. He didn't want to know. Maybe it wasn't resolve; it was an escape,
justifying the loss...
Maggie
(Glen - XI) (13th August 2002)
...it was love. The world existed only for them, the stars shone
only for them...
Cogitation
(Glen - X) (6th August 2002)
"Yesterday I had a dream," whispered Glen. "I saw Stan;
the same night." Glen shook his head. "Aunty, how did he die?"
Tears gushed down his cheeks...
The
Revelation (Glen - IX) (30th July 2002)
The whirr grew. Close. He sat upright. Just as Stan steered left,
a gold 4WD's fog lamps stared him blank in his face. He caught a glimpse
of the drunk behind its wheel. Stan screamed...
Starry
Night (Glen - VIII) (23rd July 2002)
Stan had been a rock-n-roll fan with Beetles dominating his tastes.
Stan, so far away and distant, just like the stars up in the sky. Stan
was nostalgia, Glen reminded himself. Stan was hurt, pain and despair...
Snowfall
(Glen - VII) (18th June 2002)
Diazepam, smirked Glen. 3 different drugs to speed up his healing,
a painkiller, an antacid, one antibiotic and one multivitamin and calcium
tablet...
The
Queer (Glen - VI) (11th June 2002)
The Queer had green hair and pinkish-blonde whiskers on his chin.
His jeans were slit over a dozen places and he wore just a golden sleeveless
jacket to cover his barren chest...
The
Toddler (Glen - V) (4th June 2002)
Boys still rode their bicycles, gals still skipped ropes. Their mothers
still gossiped. But something had changed. Glen didn't smile when he saw...
Funeral
(Glen - IV) (28th May 2002)
Glen was still hurting badly. The bandages that bound him held him
together. But it was something else that made him evade Stan's funeral...
The
Car Ride (Glen - III) (21st May 2002)
"You've kept this baby brand new" complimented Glen, trying
to break the ice. Stan nodded and glanced at Glen. The next 10 minutes
were lost to silence...
Happy
Times (Glen - II) (14th May 2002)
Time flew in a Concorde. High and fast. It might have been just yesterday
that they graduated from Signhand High. Graduation party was booze, convertible
and mind-splitting Metal...
Glen
(7th May 2002)
Despite the loud punk-metal playing, he heard the knock. He debated
whether he should open the door. Two days had passed ...
Da
Nun with da Gun (23rd April 2002)
She woz black like me and mosta da othah people out here. She woz
born on of da streets of Detroit. Her father woz a pimp and her mother
a hooker, we heard da othah sistahs talking at her memorial service...
The
Tree-Dweller (16th April 2002)
The leaves rustle every night, and a branch scratches my window. And
the breeze does not cause it; I know...
Old
Man Vs. The Doggie (9th April 2002)
The Sun shone on the Dog’s back./Lazy bag of bones lifted his
head/Looking for a shady shack,/Escape the heat and play dead...
Curt's
Cuts (2nd April 2002)
A critic introduced them. Tabitha fell for him. His detached and aloof
personality was attractive. His constant self-engrossment was exciting.
Curt was taken over by the meeting. Tabby invited him to dinner the following
evening at her house. Curt was on Cloud #9. They got married...
