Subtextless, Max, just a bit of fun. Pirates these days are apt to colour up a bit, hence the cap, not a wig.
Thanks for Heaney hoy for Saturday at The Celtic club.
Bill
On 23/10/2013, at 5:40 PM, Max Richards wrote:
> intriguing, entertaining, many cute details, yet to me (jet lagged) mystifying,
> as if there's a subtext I ought to be sensing but ain't yet.
>
> I expect Patrick to sort me out - probably saying:
> Bill, why wear an eye patch and a purple wig?
>
> On 23/10/2013, at 8:14 AM, Bill Wootton wrote:
>
>> Ready
>>
>> She looks up from the over-clean table,
>> throws the cloth on to the bar. Oh, no,
>> a customer. Glances toward the door but
>>
>> he’s well past, already taking a table
>> near the front window. He stares out.
>> From behind, she notices his overcoat
>>
>> trailing on the floor where he hasn’t
>> taken it off after plonking down. Long
>> ginger curls escape from the purple cap
>>
>> perched on his head like a stray thought.
>> She closes the distance. He whirls
>> round and holds her with a sharp
>>
>> glance from his unpatched eye.
>> She stops in her tracks, lets
>> her hands fall to her sides.
>>
>> This guy won’t want a full breakfast.
>> ‘Short black, no sugar.’ She looks
>> like she’s never seen a pirate before.
>>
>> Probably thinks I'm in a play
>> or something. Can’t smell the sea
>> salt under my fingernails. Why
>>
>> has she dropped her arms like that?
>> Like she’s given up. She doesn’t
>> have to be a waitress. ‘Hey.’
>>
>> She inclines her head towards
>> him but avoids his eyes.
>> ‘Wanna go sailing?’
>
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