Deviation Actions
Literature Text
What if my skin and hair were ripped off?
What if my head was removed from its body?
And what if my skull were cleaned and cleaned and cleaned?
And what if my skull was then left in the sun to dry?
Then someone buys my skull from the boy who’s job it to see it doesn’t get nicked
Who just happened to turn his back for one second!
Then my skull is squashed up with oranges, bottled Evian one someones trip back home.
And all the time he (or she) is thinking of ways to mount a lampshade on top of my skull!
The door slams behind him and he soon gets down to work. In the cupboard is a drill with a circular bit.
The drill whirs and soon there is a neat hole in the top of my skull into which he screws in a light fitting
Presumably this has been planned for a while now.
In another cupboard is a lampshade which is placed on top of the light fitting and then secured.
Then a new light bulb goes into it. He plugs in the light fitting and thumbs on the switch with one hand whilst holding his handy-work with his other.
He then says something unintelligible and places it down on the table. He sits down in the sofa and stares at his handiwork.
A dark veil seems to pass over his face and his shoulders tense. He stares at the crucifix on the wall and holds his jaw between his fingers tight.
Then the bulb in my skull shatters into a thousand pieces and the lampshade catches fire.
With a start the man gets up and grabs my skull, ripping the plug from the wall. He carries it into the kitchen and throws it in the sink and turns on the tap dousing it in cold water. Smoke and a rather unusual smell fill the room.
The doorbell rings. The man closes the kitchen door behind him and opens a window before going to open his front door.
The headline tells you what I am writing about. It’s one of those days and you cannot get anything that you want done, done. Instead of asking ‘What if?’ a million times you instead adopt the mindset that as of someone were going to try to make a basket out of your cleaned out skull, perchance to fit a bulb inside and to then mount it on a rather boring (well it used to be boring) lampshade, then they might was well. God forbid anyone should read your thoughts!
Well that’s it. More of a short story than a poem. A little bit chilling? Hopefully. Well if you like it then like it and follow me. I liked writing it and the rather wierd/scaryness/everyday of how the story progressed. Sigh! If only i could do it in chapters!
It’s time for me to go now. I hope you come see me here again. Sianara