Strawberry Tattoo (1999)

Authors: Lauren Henderson

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“Practically every handset in a half-mile radius round the gallery had been yanked out of its fittings and was dangling to the ground in an admittedly striking mess of tangled wires. Finally I found one which, despite being as bruised and battered as if it had gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson—there was even a large chunk of the earpiece missing, though no teeth marks through it—produced a dial tone on request and even accepted my money without spitting it back contemptuously. The booth was just a... strut of metal and a pitiful little square foot of cover under which I huddled for protection. Standing in what was practically the middle of the pavement, people shoving past me, forced to shout my business into every set of half-curious ears, was like using a mobile phone without even the implication that you had a bit of money. Sod modern art, this was a real engagement with the harsher side of life.
I stuffed the box with quarters till it burped and pleaded for mercy, then dialled Kim’s number.MoreLess Read More Read Less