Dark matter

On the day: 
27/11/2012 

On the way: 
The dull grey sky smothers the morning light and only two figures can be discerned in the corner shadow of the bus shelter. 
One sits, her coat a formless shape against the murk, and beyond her is the face of another woman her clothing fading into the gloom. 
A flutter of black in the blackness, where the standing woman's shoulder should be, as though a stiff gust has lifted a scarf, or dislodged a flap of existence. Shards of dark material flicker in moments of matt and gloss then manifest ... a bird stands on the pavement. His eyes glitter, marquisite set in sockets of dark matter, a defiant instant. ruffles his feathers and takes flight. 
Towards Ravensbourne. 

On the pod: 
Daddy's Gone - Glasvegas 

On the front page: 
Chancellor banks on top outsider to save economy (The Times)