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Sunday 31 January 2016

YORK ROAD, NOVEMBER 1975

11pm. Guildford, England.

The in-crowd gather in York Road
like exotic moths beneath a street lamp,
in flared denims slashed at the knees
and ridiculously high platform shoes...then they
wander off in a fog of cigarette smoke
until they come to Clive's place.
Each carries a passport of dope
or toxic booze.
Discordant guitar music
and crazy drum beats
throb through every brick
of three storeys, attic and basement.
Red light bulbs cast
an eerie glow onto the stairs,
where two entwined bodies
grunt and squeal,
one hand gripping the banister,
white-knuckled.
Someone yells from the depths,
"Anyone got a syringe?"
as they continue searching
for Clive.
They finally unearth him in his bedroom.
Highly animated, he is entertaining
a group of art students
from the purple stage
of his king sized circular bed.
He is expounding the rudiments
of medieval architecture
in his Stockholm accent,
his extremely long blonde dreadlocks
half-obscuring finely chiseled features.
His yellow, black and white
harlequin print jacket
dazzles in the light of
a myriad of altar candles.
He abruptly stops mid-sentence, yawns,
strips naked and climbs into bed
between red satin sheets,
pulling his chosen concubine
for the night in with him.
"Would you be an angel," he whispers
to an obviously disappointed girl
in harem style trousers
and heavily beaded corset top,
"and go fix all these up with a drink?
And please close the door on your way out -
that lousy band
is fucking with my head!"

29 comments:

  1. Sounds like one of my intoxicated dreams.

    Very well written my friend.

    Dark blessings,

    Lon

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    1. Ha...maybe we met somewhere in the mental ether, Lon!;)

      Thank you so much.

      Sincere Blessings,

      and Have a Great Day! :))



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  2. You are a crazy good writer.
    I LOVE this. Especially the opening.

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    1. Thank you so much for your visit...and so happy you liked this!

      Have a Great Day! :)

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  3. You are so talented in writing, Ygraine. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  4. You are so talented in writing, Ygraine. Thank you so much for sharing.

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    1. Oh you are so kind, Linda...thank you so much.

      I do hope you are feeling better real soon.
      Am thinking of you always...

      With much Love & Hugs xoxoxo

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    1. Thank you so much, my Friend...I truly appreciate that.:)
      xoxoxo

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  6. I quite know about entertaining peeps ... Ya ... smiles .. Love, cat.

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    1. :))...many thanks, Cat!

      Lots of Love & Hugs xoxoxo

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  7. I love the images! I love your writing! Hugs!

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    1. Oh thank you, Sweetie...you are so kind.:))

      Sending you Warmest Hugs xoxoxo

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  8. "Y"
    __Now, your work has captured my imagination. In line with your plausible and nifty fiction, I see (perhaps only I see) 'Clive' as metaphor of some world wide political figure(s) that is/are following their own fictitious histories.
    __Smiles_! _m

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    1. Ha...and there are so many of those to choose from, aren't there? *smiles*
      This was based (very loosely) upon someone I once knew.
      Not sure if he would be flattered or mortified...so here's hoping he never reads this! ;)

      Many thanks, Doug...and have a great day! :))

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  9. "Passport of dope". Gorgeous. :-) Thanks, I enjoyed this so much.

    Greetings from London.

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    1. Oh thank you, CiL...so much!
      So glad you enjoyed...:))

      Have a great day.

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  10. That’s a blend of a classic and creativity

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    1. Many thanks, Deeps.:)

      Have a great Sunday!

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  11. you certainly know how to conjure up a scene with your words Ygraine, very effectively. felt like i was there. well done! G

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    1. Thank you so much, Geraldine...you are so kind.:)

      Hope you are having a great weekend.

      Big Hugs xoxoxo

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  12. WOW!!!
    Okay...great writing as you have always done and will continue to do.
    I saw it in my head as if I were a bystander...for me it took me back to the 70's/80's era and a place I used to visit back then, called "Old Town" :))

    Big Hugs
    xoxoxo

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    1. Oh wow...thank you so much, Jan. Your kind words truly mean so much.
      Not sure what it is about the seventies, but I keep being drawn back there in my mind.
      That era had a magic all of it's own, didn't it?! :)

      Lots of Love & Hugs xoxoxo

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  13. Ah you just gotta luv the '70's :)
    Awesome writing Ygraine you have painted pictures in my head - I could hear the lousy band :)

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    1. Haha...isn't it strange how certain decades have a character exclusively theirs?!
      Many thanks, my dear Friend! :))

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