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Slipping 2
Upon waking, what Jimmy saw were the bricks in the wall, the mortar, set, and holding them together, dust in the corners of the floor, sheets on the bed, a strange glowing overhead, and a door in a wall. What he felt was alone.
He had his typical waking urges to ejaculate and urinate and quench his voracious thirst, but he didn't see how any of them could be appeased given the uncertainty and austerity of his present situation.
He pulled back the covers: pajamas and an erection. He felt himself as he moved to an upright sitting position, legs dangling over the side of the bed. A bathrobe was draped over the arm of a chair, slippers on the floor. Their appearance gave him a sense that he had permission to move in their direction, put them on, and venture out of the room to find a bathroom.
He had his typical waking urges to ejaculate and urinate and quench his voracious thirst, but he didn't see how any of them could be appeased given the uncertainty and austerity of his present situation.
He pulled back the covers: pajamas and an erection. He felt himself as he moved to an upright sitting position, legs dangling over the side of the bed. A bathrobe was draped over the arm of a chair, slippers on the floor. Their appearance gave him a sense that he had permission to move in their direction, put them on, and venture out of the room to find a bathroom.
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Comment by Teresa on March 22, 2013 at 10:06pm
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This is so captivating. You give us just enough information to make us turn the page.
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Comment by Jamie Hogan on March 21, 2013 at 12:14pm -
Combined with the title, these two have given me a thick dark feeling. Like I'm wading into something and I can't see the bottom but I can feel it and it slides under me. I'll go, but I don't wanna.
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Comment by Angela on March 20, 2013 at 11:42pm -
I feel like I'm watching an ant farm with one ant. He's a calmer soul than I.
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Comment by Kristine_ES on March 20, 2013 at 10:36pm -
yikes... permission to move in their direction. menace in six. and on we go!
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Comment by jkdavies on March 20, 2013 at 9:40pm -
It's supposed to be a post modern classic... I enjoyed it without fully understanding it, but there were sections set in a brick hospital and your 2 posts conjured up the same sort of surreal atmosphere...
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Comment by Bill Lapham on March 20, 2013 at 7:57pm -
Jkd, Can't say I have.
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Comment by jkdavies on March 20, 2013 at 6:54pm
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Ah, I remembered what this reminded me of ;)
Have you read Lanark by (I think) Alasdair Gray?
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