Tuesday 8 November 2011

Electric White part 1

I went to his house... It was a flat. The bus-stop was across the road from the pub.
Set back in the backstreets was a greyish block of flats. They were a simple and friendly family. His brother Andy was at that time cheerful and easygoing.
... we had spahghetti... I sat at their kitchen table.
They occupied a greasy-grey flat in Lumphinnans, the Little Moscow, with a balcony. Lumphinnans was an empty little place, where seemingly nothing occurred. There was a pub by the main road...
Mack later got a house there, many years later. It was the site of the infamous housewarming party where I offended him and his guests.
Mack had a computer. The computer was kept in a bedroom. Here Mack would go, sit on the bed... The curtains would be always drawn. There was a communal atmosphere, everything held in common, everything shared.
... Then they moved to Lochore. It was a lowdown, quiet street, fields behind. I'd go n play computer there.

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