Frozen Tracks
“Bang, bang, bang, in deep, and did it hurt? DID IT HURT?
There were no dreams out in the sticks, on that plain.
Everything was emptiness and wind. He didn't want to look heavenwards, but where else was there to look?
The filthy dome covered everything up above and at the sides.
It's different here. I can see without things splitting inside my head.
He lay on the sofa. He looked up at the ceiling, on which he had painted two scenes, side by side. If he looked left he could see a starry sky, brig...ht and radiant.
He had painted the constellations from memory. If he looked right, the sun was shining from a blue sky that was the most beautiful one he'd seen. He'd made it himself, hadn't he?
Sometimes he would draw a curtain that ran along a runner in the middle of the ceiling. He could go from night to day, and vice versa, as it suited him.
He felt a jab inside his head, and another. Memories again. 'That can't have hurt very much!' The shadow above him, a peal of laughter. Several shadows, a circle around him.MoreLess
There were no dreams out in the sticks, on that plain.
Everything was emptiness and wind. He didn't want to look heavenwards, but where else was there to look?
The filthy dome covered everything up above and at the sides.
It's different here. I can see without things splitting inside my head.
He lay on the sofa. He looked up at the ceiling, on which he had painted two scenes, side by side. If he looked left he could see a starry sky, brig...ht and radiant.
He had painted the constellations from memory. If he looked right, the sun was shining from a blue sky that was the most beautiful one he'd seen. He'd made it himself, hadn't he?
Sometimes he would draw a curtain that ran along a runner in the middle of the ceiling. He could go from night to day, and vice versa, as it suited him.
He felt a jab inside his head, and another. Memories again. 'That can't have hurt very much!' The shadow above him, a peal of laughter. Several shadows, a circle around him.MoreLess
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