Sunday 18 October 2009

Killers Humanity

I was humbled the other day to say the least.
It had Been a long morning of meetings preparations, In the break I had been invited to go and watch a film at the Tejols. Not that i particularly needed an invitation, as i have been spending most of my free time there anyway. Still it was nice to of been asked and so i settled on the cane sofa surrounded by various relatives of friends who all seemed to be connected in some way, my knees brushed by the heads of excitable children. 28 weeks later played out to a audience young but unfazed by its gore, I sat smiling listening to the shrill shrieks followed by laughter. Half way through the film Tito stumbled through the door way the various children who were scattered over the floor parted to allow him a place to collapse in font of the fan where he passed out and snored out long breaths reaking of rum. It was only the afternoon and the children looked around at each other with a knowing smile the odd eye roll but no one too bothered and so we set back down to the film Tito grunting through his slumber on the cold concrete.

Close to the end of the film there was a shrieking from outside the window. With confused looks we soon found out what the cause was and in came Jnr's cousin the same who tucked a pistol in the back of his shorts carrying his daughter her once white t shirt soaked in blood a look of concern crossed his once hard man face and he sound "ma." Tita Emmy rushed to see where all the noise was coming from too which there was a lot. Emmy was a training nurse and seemed to have the perfect motherly medical way about her when she would regularly check over my bits and lay her hand over my forehead in case i had suddenly gained a fever. She shooed children out the way and made space on the sofa of which i was sitting she sat with the girl in her arms the back of her head pouring blood reminicant of that in the film we had been so close to finishing. She tried to remove the blood stained clothes but this was only responded to by louder cries. I sat next to the girl holind her tiny hand and trying to get her to take a gulkp of coke from my glass remebering somthing about the sugar being good for bloodloss. She was silent but only for a moment as she took a long gulp the screams returned tita sat bandaging the head of the small girl the best she could through the wriggling, jnrs cousin stood in the corner completely pale and speechless a man i had once feared now reduced to a worried father it was now i realised he was still only human he still had the same concerns and fears for his children and he still was capable of compassion. As for tito he still layed spread eagle on the floor snoring solidly as nothing had happened which to him and what he remebered of the day the next morning nothing had happened.

NB
this was a total internet cafe rush ill edit it next time i come in please bare with it

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