It is January 4th today

Really I thought it

Was Christmas Day

Easy mistake Mildred

As you still have a Nativity

Next to cat litter tray

What a silly **** I am

Not to split hairs my love

Is it not an archaeological survey 

Possibly what a silly cunt I am I am

What a silly **** I am

You were saying

What was I saying

That it was January the 5th today

Do you realise that Albert Camus died today

I thought he died years ago

He did

So why are you saying he died today

When in fact he died in 1960

Oh the complexities of our language

If you were Icelandic

This duality would not exist

Duality

Do not bother your pretty brain my dear

What are we having for dinner

A badger

There are no badgers in Uxbridge

The cat sorry I meant the cat

We had him for dinner yesterday

All the trimmings

Don’t you remember

I remember it very well

I still have the scratches on my butt

That will teach you to chew your food properly

But I sicked it up Mildred

I wondered why I found

A drowned cat down the pan

It played havoc with flush

Albert Camus have you heard of him

No

He was a famous French philosopher

Was he French

Not sure I will need to check that one out

Well he was a bright sort of guy

Who wrote some famous books

What like Janet and John

No he was more like Henry Miller

And his fuck mate Anais Nin

My friend is called Nin

It is short for Nina you know

She is a world expert

On apple turnovers you know

The lead up to the car crash

Has always governed my mathematics

When I found out about how Camus died

I think that I fully understood

His thoughts on absurdity

Do you realise that he had already purchased

His railway ticket in advance

As he intended to travel by train

But at the last minute

He accepted the offer of a lift

What would you have done

I would have travelled by train

Why

Because I like coffee and rail travel

Also I never ever change my plans

When travelling

Are you superstitious

No it goes beyond that

Being superstitious is holding irrational beliefs

Or engaging in practices based

On luck magic or fear

Rather than reason or science

If you were at the railway station

And you were offered a lift

How would you refuse it

Without giving offence

That is easy

Pray tell me William

I would thank them but note

That I live in a bungalow

It is as easy as buying a coffee

In the station buffet


Fin