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Non-Fiction
Honesty On A Train
By Shing
27 August 2006
I wrote this whilst on the train to London a month ago.  I hope it shocks and appauls you, for what is life but the sum of our own experiences? :)

Man, I love trains.  There's almost always a beautiful girl to look at now and again when you're on a train.  When I first got on there was this blonde, my height probably, but with  heels on, so taller.  She looked great: 25, the dark grey business type, but when we sat down I could only see her face through the train seats.  Those goddam train seats with their useless, and ugly, and endless patterns.  After half an hour this other girl comes and sits right in front of me, younger but prettier than the last and I suddenly don't know where the hell to look.  This girl is blonde too, bumblebee lips and these punky little wristbands on either arm like the ones I've got on.  Maybe she'd sense a connection, I like to think I'm a punk at heart and maybe so did she.  Punks don't wear goddamn wristbands though, if you want to know the facts of the situation.
"Oi!  You starin' at my daughter?!" this older looking guy was sitting across from me.
"Is she your daughter?" I pointed.  He nodded.  Yes, that was his daughter.
Think, think quick, Bukowski could think quick, what are you as a writer if you can't think as quick as Bukowski?
"Damn man, there's some good genes in your family!"  Man, that was smooth.
"She's 14 f***king years old!"  The whole carriage was listening now and this guy was gonna start milking it.  My insides got all screwey with me just at this point, so I perked up, adversity brings out the best in me.
"Well sh*t, I guess I'm going to jail then."  I said.
"You cheeky twat.  You're f***kin' sick, mate!  You know that?"
Atleast I was honest, I thought.  I felt sorry for his daughter, she hadn't said a word.  So I went back to staring at the bland, ugly monotony of the patterened train seats and just kept waiting, and waiting, and waiting for the journey to end.

Reviews
Ha ha.
Written by kevg (45 comments posted) 26th August 2006
A very enjoyable read. Incredibly humorous throughout. 
 
'Think, think quick, Bukowski could think quick, what are you as a writer if you can't think as quick as Bukowski?' 
 
Great line. 
 
Perhaps you could add a blank line in between the lines of dialogue, would make the piece a little more pleasing on the eye, and perhaps let some of those cracking lines stand out a bit to the readers. 
 
Keep up the good writing. 
KevG 
 
 

Written by Phil (6617 comments posted) 27th August 2006
A funny read. Agree with all of above. Enjoyed the contrast between beauty and train seats. Why are they so ugly? 
Phil. 

Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3285 comments posted) 28th August 2006
If you maintain this honest approach I wouldn't bother with life insurance 
I'm not sure the unnecessary imparting of life threatening information to the dangerous party qualilfies as honesty; stupidity perhaps. And this is in non-fiction! 
It was good fun to read 
BBS
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Written by Gill21 (566 comments posted) 28th August 2006
I feel as though my hands are tied. This did shock and appaul me, but at the same time made me laugh until my sides hurt! 
You said you wrote this on a train, not that this happened to you on a train? If this in fact a true story, please learn from it? I beg of you. 
Fun read! Well done.
Man. You cannot be serious...
Written by gerardconnolly (1186 comments posted) 28th August 2006
Em.. indeed, 
 
Let me get my head round this. Is this the ' Great writing ' you triumphantly trumpeted previously?... Seriously.... Is this it!!?... Or have I got the wrong site? 
 
Puzzled of Saffron Walden!!?

Written by Shing (1 comments posted) 12th September 2006
Thanks for your comments guys. I haven't had the internet for a while after moving house (twice) so excuse the long time it has taken me to respond. 
 
For those interested; unless I write in the Short Stories section everything I write about is true, or what I remember to be true atleast.  
 
Hopefully I'll have home internet soon and will write some more. Thx again for your comments. 
 
Gerard: I PMd you a response.

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