Monday, October 12, 2009

Bits N Pieces - A Disjointed Bahamian Novel - D27

(2:11 pm Thu Nov 27, 2008)

Moan.

Woke up with a stiff neck and a headache again today gentle reader. Not planning on writing much in this sessoin, This is just more of a housekeeping session.

I have to go pick up my son from school at three o'clock and We are having people over for dinner tonight so I am not sure when I will get to do any amount of writing, but I will try.

Family also supposed to be flying in today. Not sure when they might show up.

(2:13 pm Thu Nov 27, 2008)

(3:36 pm Thu Nov 27, 2008)

***

I am stuck down in the pits of despair
And though I try I can't remember when
It was that I first fell down here
I think it might have been that day
Long ago when I first met you over
By the stables with the sunlight in your hair

***

(3:50 pm Thu Nov 27, 2008)

Once again, Sarah woke up, if you can call it that, from a sleepless night to no Fuller and a massive headache. That and red, gritty eyes.

She took a quick look around the house and yard to see if he was anywhere about and when she found no sign of him she began to get mad.

She decided that she was not going to go through the whole search for Fuller bit again, even if the last time was only half hearted because she hadn't felt like hse was actually searching for Fuller for some reason. This time, it felt like the real Fuller was missing all right but the Fuller that had no business showing up again. Showing up to wreack their lives and put her through such pain again. Living with drunk Fuller was more than she figured she could handle at this stage of her life.

(4:08 pm Thu Nov 27, 2008)

Sarah went online to book herself another trip somewhere. She wasn't sure where when she sat down. But she figured she would browse around and see what hit her.

(4:29 pm Thu Nov 27, 2008)

***

And the writer's blocks are in action already. What am I going to write about now gentle reader? Can I think of something to write about my characters? Or will I be reduced to writing about not being aboe to write, as has so often been the case this month? Or shall I end up so stumped that I will have to get slippery? Time is moving on and the dinner party deadline is getting neared. I can't afford too many slowdowns and delays.

Like the Eastern Road today. Being dug up and so backed up for major driver frustration.

Perhaps the government corporations on this island are really a front. Perhaps they are not really trying to provide the service for which they are ostensibly formed. And perhaps they do not depend on the fees they charge or the government funding that some of them pretend to need at times. Perhaps, in fact they are a giant experiment into the ability of humans to cope with stress and frustration. And I will not mention forty two in this context as it really does not apply.

***

Sarah logged in to www.webetrips.com in one tab and www.onlinemapsworld.com in another and began her search.

(4:41 pm Thu Nov 27, 2008)

(5:59 pm Thu Nov 27, 2008)

It took her a while, the looked at Spain, Portugal, Guatemala, Panama, Various US states, and Canada but none did it for her. Then she thought of trying one of the out islands but, after considering Exuma, San Salvador, Eleuthera, Briland, Abaco, Andros, and Bimini she decided that noe of them did it for her either. Finally, she thought of going on a cruise and that seemed right somehow.

She booked herself a fourteen day cruise leaving out of Miami and a flight from Nassau to Miami. When that was done, she felt a little bit better and went in to her room to pack. The cruise wasn't leaving until Saturday, but her flight was this afternoon and she needed to get a move on it to get everything in order and make it out ot the airport in time.

***

(6:07 pm Thu Nov 27, 2008)

Well gentle reader, I don't know just what Sarah is up to or why she reacts this way to Fuller's incidents but I hope I can get some insight into her behaviour at some point soon.

People are showing up to the party already, I thought it was to be seven but I guess I will have to put a real rush on in order to reach at least a thousand before I break for the party so that I will have at least a small chance of writing another thousand after the party and before midnight. Sweet sleep, sweet slumber, sweet dreams.

Looks like most everyone is showing up now... Bigger rush...

***

Sarah called Jaro to ask him to give her a ride to the airport and then put on some music while she packed.

***

It's a pirate that I be
And I sail upon the sea
And the fathers and the mothers
And the brothers of the damsels
They are all afeared of me
Cause when the damsels I do see
And when the damsels they see me
There is no hope left
Their hearts are for my chest
A treasure fair reserved for me

***

Baby, we're going nowhere,
And darling, we're moving fast.
Honey, we though forever,
So tell me, why can't love last?

They say, we're young and simple.
Some say, life's in the past.
They say, don't dream forever.
I say, let's make love last.

Baby, let's head out somewhere.
Darling, we don't need fast.
Together, we'll dream forever.
Sweetheart, let's make love last.

We're gonna put love first,
We're gonna make love last.

If we will put love first
Then we can make love last

***

I been checkin you baby
Vision's drivin me crazy
I used to be lazy
Now I'm workin real hard

Cause you to look my way
A long drive on the hiway
We could park in the byway
Oh I'm workin real hard

Two hearts they could fly way
Way up in the sky away
My love's for real 'll not f-f-f-f-fade away
Oh I'm workin real hard

Come Monday or Tuesday
Everyone with a clue say
He don't know what to do hey?
Mmmm, I'm workin real hard

I been peepin you baby
Beauty's drivin me crazy
Got no time to be lazy
Yeah I'm workin real hard

***

(6:14 pm Thu Nov 27, 2008)

(10:51 pm Thu Nov 27, 2008)

Well, this looks like not possible except with some slick stuff soI will let Sarah listen to a few more songs while packing.

***

I was driving underwater
In my brand new Cadillac
With the undertaker's daughter
And her cousin in the back

We were heading down to Memphis
Where I had plans to blow my stack
On the undertaker's daughter
And her cousin in the back

There was something in the water
That made it hard to see
So I had to drive by feeling
And that was just alright by me

Cause that undertaker's daughter
Took me by surprise
And the steam was bubbling all around
With Memphis on the rise

So I gave a lobo whistle
And squirmed in my Levis
Then I kissed her cherry lips
And pierced her hot green eyes

Then we reached the shores of Memphis
And the King came out to see
The undertaker's daughter
And her cousin in the back with me

And as he faded in the mists of time
I heard a lobo sound
And a hunk of burnt out love
Came crashing to the ground

Then I went driving underwater
In my brand new Cadillac
With the undertaker's daughter
And her cousin in the back

***

She's a sweet girl
She smells like a woman
With a heart ache
And a run in her hose

When I call her
She comes on over
And she laughs and
She wrinkles her nose

Says she's a free bird
Wants to go flying
In the noon sky
Way up above

Says I should join her
The view is much better
We could roam and
Fall into love

Though I need her
I can't admit it
No not even
Just to myself

So I tell her
I have a lover
Break her heart and
My very self

Now I'm lying
Lying in ashes
I'm a burned out
Shell of a man

And I find that
I need redemption
And a sweet girl
Who'll just hold my hand

***

Love is strange yeah
Love is sweet
Love is often incpomplete
All the girls I chanced to meet
Left me crying in the street
Left me laughing in defeat
But I'm standing on my feet

Love is strange yeah
Love is sweet
Love is often indescrete
All the girls I chanced to meet
Spread the word out on the street
Laughed at me in my defeat
I'm still standing on my feet

Love is strange yeah
Love is sweet
Love is often incpomplete
All the girls I chanced to meet
Left me crying in the street
Salty puddles at my feet
But I'm standing tall and free

Girl you know
I need someone
To love me like
The morning sun

Girl you know
And yes it's true
I need someone
Someone like you

***

Sarah finished packing and went out front to wait for Jaro to show up. She set her bags down on the front porch and locked the front door. She sat down on the stoop and put her ear buds in and started some music playing.

***

I said hello, hello
Can you hear me now
I said hello, hello
Can you hear me now
I said hello, hello
Baby how low can you go
I said hello, hello
Can you hear me now
I said hello, hello
Can you hear me now

I said oh yeah, oh yeah
Can you see me now
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
Can you see me now
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
I'm comin' in the clear
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
Can you see me now
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
Can you hear me now

I call you in the morning
And I call you in the evening
But you never will answer your
Phone no more

Why did you leave with no warning
When you left that morning
Why will you never answer your
Phone no more

I call you in the morning
And I call you in the evening
But you never will answer your
Phone no more

Why did you leave with no warning
When you left that morning
Why will you never answer your
Phone no more

I said uh huh, uh huh
Can you feel me now
I said uh huh, uh huh
Can you feel me now
I said uh huh, uh huh
Dance it baby uh huh
I said uh huh, uh huh
Can you feel me now
I said uh huh, uh huh
Can you hear me now

I call you in the morning
And I call you in the evening
But you never will answer your
Phone no more

Why did you leave with no warning
When you left that morning
Why will you never answer your
Phone no more

I said goodbye, goodbye
I'm leaving now
I said goodbye, goodbye
I'm leaving now
I'm leaving all I'm feeling
I don't know why I'm leaving
I said goodbye, goodbye
I'm leaving now
I said goodbye, goodbye
Can you hear me now

***

Jaro showed up and she picked up her bags and went to the car, shutting the front gate to the yard. "Thanks for the ride Jaro."

"Hey Sarah, here put your bags in the back seat. Are you sure you want to do this? What if Fuller shows up?"

"What if he does? Is he thinking of me now? I'm gone. I can't take it if he is going to be going on drunks again Jaro. The last time almost killed me as well as him. I'm not going to go through that with him again."

"Sarah, you don't mean that. Go blow off some frustration and relax your mind if you need to, but you know you don't mean that."

"How can you know what I mean and don't mean? Who died and left you in charge?"

"Sarah, you forget how long we go back huh? I know you don't rally mean that. Anyway, if Fuller shows I will try and talk some sense to him. I think something serious must be going on though. I know he had no intentions of taking up drinking since the last time he beat it. He hasn't seemed his right self since that day on the beach has he?"

"No, that is when it started for sure, he didn't seem like himself for a while after that and then lately, he has seemed like himself again but not like his right self. I am not sure I am saying that right, do you understand what I am trying to get at?"

"Maybe, I think I get your drift."

***

Green and good night gentle reader. It was a good thing that Sarah felt like listening to so much music today. But where is Fuller and what of Fulcrum?

(11:12 pm Thu Nov 27, 2008)

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