Good afternoon, I’m Margaret. Yes the same one who apparently dresses like a baby animal but if you don’t mind, can we just discuss the matter in hand? Thank you very much.

Has someone offered you something to drink? Oh good.

Anyway, I wished to have a word with you because I know you’ve been conversing with my patient, Mr Martain. Um, I wouldn’t take everything he says too literally if you know what I mean. His mind is not in the best of shapes. Actually it rather resembles a circle at the present. He tells everyone the same old story, has the same old mumps and grumps every day. It’s like he’s stuck on a roundabout and can’t find an exit.

    What I’m trying to say is that although he seems quite normal to talk to, you have to really analyse the text to understand what he’s telling you and why he’s the way he is.

He’s not crazy, his brain is just a little distressed, his memory a little bruised. He probably shouldn’t be in here now; he probably should’ve been with social services forty five years ago.

That’s the dilemma though isn’t it? You can’t turn back time and change the past. You can’t even paint the future. Your past stays with you as you grow up and determines the path you choose. Taking The Yellow Brick road or The Green Mile isn’t really a choice though, is it? It’s in your blood.

    Mr Martain didn’t wish to be placed in here. Somebody else did it for him. Not that he’s aware of that of course. He doesn’t know any better. According to the head of heedless, at present, a perfectly prosaic life was being lead. For the past we receive the same.

However we, the professionals, know better. We know, that his childhood wasn’t exactly kosher. We know this man has deep seeded emotional scars, we know that he’d rather lie and stand strong, than run-away from the truth. 

    I simply warn you to tread with care. A human’s mind is as delicate as a diamond, if you don't keep a very close eye on it and treat it with care, you’re going to loose it.

Oh, and just go along with the whole ‘I have a son’ scenario. Apparently he doesn’t have one. Let me know if you find out? I’d be interested to know how a child of this man turned out.


To be continued....