….WHEN YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO WRITE SOMETHING RIDICULOUS AND EMBARRASSING BUT YOU WRITE IT ANYWAY
the telephone wakes you up
you’ve had 2 hours’ sleep
there is a head of knotted hair on the pillow next to you
your nose is clogged with bloody powder-clumps
there is a blob of green gunk on the end of your dick &
a leg not yours sticks out from under the duvet
there are bottles & drug paraphernalia
all over the room
& the writing on the labels is in Cyrillic
you’ve had 2 hours’ sleep
& the voice on the phone tells you that
the TV crew is waiting in the lobby
& you say
okay give me 20
& I’ll be right down
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Niall Griffiths
Picture Nick Victor
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