Wednesday, 10 March 2010

3 voices (from a work in progress)

Be quiet-----------i’m trying to channel something-----what?--------I’m trying to channel something-=-------yeah, what?---i’m trying to channel something so that i can be afraid of the same things that you are------------that’s dumb----no it isn’t----it’s all about one particular place in the house-----where?-----you should know-------how do you know what i’m scared of?-----i’ve watched your eyes.it only happens when you’re getting tired///there are certain parts of the house where i know you get scared//only at night time//that’s when you’re the most scared----how long have you known?---long enough//only recently really-----it’s been going on for a lot longer than that//since i can remember//since i was a kid---you still are a kid---yeah, but younger, when i was a little kid//---yeah i thought it might have-----i can’t even remember the first time properly//i mean, i know it happened and remember little bits of it but all of the first times blur together now//it’s happened too many times-----does it ever get less scary?-----no//never---sometimes i even think that it’s getting worse--------------

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