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English Slacker chapter thirty-nine |
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By chrismorton
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05 August 2008 |
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I dreamt about waking up on the beach and looking at my watch and it was one o’clock and Alex and Paul were standing there over me and as I looked up Alex said, “Let’s go,” and then I was walking with them until suddenly we were up on the cliffs but like in the car park at the top and Paul’s van was there and then they were like, “We need your help,” and pointing to the van and as I looked closer I could make out that there was blood on the van, not loads of it, just little bits of dry blood on parts of the bumper and around the chasse.
And then I was scrubbing away at this dry blood using a bucket of soapy water and one of those green and yellow sponges like the ones they use at Price-Savers and it was really hard work and my arms were hurting and the whole time Alex and Paul were just standing over me not helping at all, just talking together and smoking and that.
And the more I scrubbed away at the dried blood, the more it just wasn’t coming off (typical of dreams I guess) and I remember looking around wondering if there was any cleaning fluid or anything but when I asked Alex and Paul if they had any stuff to help make the job easier they both just laughed, like what I’d said was really funny or something and then they carried on talking to each other and were ignoring me again.
In the background I could hear the sound of a train approaching.
I turned around and Colin was there. He opened his mouth as if to say something but no words came out. Just a fizzing sound that I remembered from somewhere… |
Written by bluecity (432 comments posted) 15th August 2008 | This is allegorical, obviously. I'm working hard to find the allegory, but I can't. I will just HAVE to read the next chapter immediately.
Rosemary |
Written by chrismorton (65 comments posted) 16th August 2008 | Yes, this and some of the further chapters are not strictly allegorical. That is, not every single part of this dream is meaningfully symbolic.
There are some images which represent what happened to Chambers but at the same time I'm trying to explore how his state of mind at this time would influence such a dream in a realistic way (within reason).
And also I am attempting to throw something at the reader to keep the interest there.
P.S. I was interested if the first paragraph should be split up or not? |
Written by bluecity (432 comments posted) 17th August 2008 | Regarding first paragraph, yes, definitely - split it up!
Rosemary |
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