James,

Sounds like an intrusive neighbour. Too many horror films perhaps. Out with
the garlic................

One point though, the creature bursting though the world appears to be
tangled in rope from the outset and yet gets tied up once through - so not
sure what is going on there. Also this diminishes its scariness as it is no
longer a threat. At this stage the protagonist merely needs to phone the zoo
to take it away.



Colin


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From: "James Bell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 3:28 PM
Subject: New Sub:Wilder Moments In The Old Rope Works


> Back to some free form again. This is a place I work in one day a week and
> use as an outreach centre. Just thought you'd like to know. It get's quiet
> and crepy at times too.
>
> WILDER MOMENTS IN THE OLD ROPE WORKS
>
> Here in the old rope works,
> this long, tall building where
> in days gone by
> it would have been possible
> to see from one end to the other,
> along thick or thin strands
> of hemp and its dust.
> I sit in the cold
> and only see the four walls
> that surround me - though
> the brick wall at my back
> has a gentle bend I cannot decide
> is by accident or design,
> expect in wilder moments
> something to crash through
> in great tangles of ancient rope
> that wrap, knot and tie
> the bound creature emerging -
> know I hear footsteps, a cough;
> start to form an image then
> realise it's Athos and Mary
> at work in the next room along;
> though I know there are drums
> downstairs in the meeting room,
> their silence urgent, their beat
> insistent throughout the four
> floors of the building where
> ghosts of its path still meet.
>
>
>
>
> bw
> James
>
>
>
>
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