Saturday 15 December 2012

Suspicious minds

On the day: 
14/12/2012 

On the way: 
Why does he look at me that way - distrustful from under heavy lids? 
I've seen him before - his frizzy bush of hair, his fleshy face, hands and fingers with pointy little nails. He's sitting in his customary seat at the back left of the lower deck, mumbling occasionally and a blue plastic bag hangs down between substantial thighs in green khaki trousers. And there are the dark brown loafers that will carry him off at the hospital or the shopping centre or something ... But that look? 
What's that about? Does he imagine I'm writing something about him on my phone? 
That's it. He's planning to come over and grab it. Or worse. 
He's shifting. He's about to stand up. And his hand is in the pocket of his navy fleece. What's he got in there? A knife? A gun? 
Yikes, I'm getting off the bus right here. 
Wow. What a weirdo. Could he be more paranoid?  

On the pod: 
America - Simon and Garfunkel 

On the front page: 
Winehouse's ex in anonymity plea as he is cleared of rape (Metro)

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