A Bunch of Flowers


Do you know what Gerald did last summer 

No 

He locked Judy out of their house 

Wow that was daring Gerald 

She was wearing only her knickers 

Wow Gerald I love you 

How did it happen 

They were having a petty tiff 

About what 

Search me 

I think that she had said something unpleasant about his football pals 

What Judy be a one dimensional cow 

How did happen 

As you know they have a large garden 

Well he was in the garden near the pool 

She was sunbathing topless 

Judy always sunbathes topless 

I would sunbathe topless if we had a garden 

What is wrong with our balcony 

Nothing but it is too narrow and overlooks the trains 

Go on 

Well as I said they had had a Gerald Judy tiff 

A silences and sulks 

Then Gerald hatched a plan 

He waited for the Richards next door to actually live in their house 

And suggested to Judy that they should enjoy some rays before the as the day was warm 

This they did as he knew that Judy often fell asleep in the semi shadows 

What happened 

She did 

Did what 

Fall asleep 

Did the Richards arrive 

Early as luck would have it 

But surely she could have rushed in if she cared at all

Gerald had locked all the doors and fucked off somewhere 

What did she do 

Make plans to kill him painfully I would imagine 

She just swam and sunbathed 

The Richards 

That is where Gerald sealed his fate 

They had guests that day 

And 

I know no more 

What would you do if I did that to you 

Nothing 

Would you loosen the balcony rail 

No 

I have no modesty 

If means so little to me 

But you once did something not so long ago that made me cry 

I was at a bus stop and your idiotic prank brought tears to my eyes 

I do not remember that 

The dried grasses 

What about the dried grasses 

You remember how cross you were when I disposed of your red dried grasses 

It was cruel of you Jane 

I loved those grasses and often photographed them against the summer skies 

Sunrises and sunsets were my favourite times 

You destroyed my ideal 

I was devastated

The seeds got everywhere and Cleo used to love diving into the grasses with catastrophic consequences 

They had to go 

You took no notice of my artistic eye 

Fuck your artistic eye 

I vowed to get revenge 

And so you did 

I always knew that you were a cunt 

But what a cunt 

You said that you would never buty me flowers again 

And I meant it 

Yet I saw you in the market a few weeks later buying a beautiful bunch of flowers 

I was so happy and I felt feminine again privileged and much loved

But I found out that you had another woman in your life 

A girl of tender years called Esther Ring 

And you suddenly became jealous of a girl who had been in Heaven since 1834

It is not funny Stan 

I almost left you 

You sent me a photo of the bunch of flowers in front of Esther’s memorial 

I was devastated that you loved a long dead girl more that me 

Your emotions are different from the average Jane 

You know that I adopt graves occasionally 

My friends think you are soft in the head 

It is about honour and memory 

It is weird Stan 

I know that you do not mean that Jane 

You are on my wavelength 

It was not the photo that upset me 

Then what was it 

It was the sight of you casually walking towards the bus stop with the bunch of flowers in your arms 

They WERE for me 

You cruel subtlety had broken me 

I felt tears welling in my eyes 

And hated you and loved you at the same time 

I was hoping that the number 28 bus would swing around the corner and flatten you 

What about the flowers

I wished no ill on the flowers 

You spotted my liquid eyes but did not gloat 

That is what saved you     

What saved Gerald 

Judy gave away his train set 

He loved it greatly and was forced to repurchase it from the local charity shop 

It cost him £100 it was a triumph for Judy 

I think you thought you had won 

I did not think of it that way 

Do you realise that when you buy me a bunch of red dried flowers then the circle will be complete 

Until then only an uneasy truce will exist 

I will buy you bunches of beautiful flowers as I always have

 And will leave nothing but a single bloom on Esther’s memorial once a year

 On December the 17th to be exact 

That is set in stone 

But I will not forgive you 

Stan 

What

 Glance out of the window 

Look at the railway tracks nearest to these apartments 

What do you see 

The usual shit 

Look closely 

What do you see 

I am not sure but I would think that there are two or maybe three bunches of flowers much damaged by the passing trains 

They are the remains of dried flowers 

I have on three occasions purchased bunches of dried flowers for you 

But have on each of these occasions thrown them from the balcony for the trains to destroy as I am still fucked off with you 

It was the cruellest thing that you have ever done to me 

I still hate you 

And I hate you 

Stan 

Yes 

Would you go to the trash cupboard 

Why 

As I think Amazon have left a parcel in there although I have not ordered anything 

Okay give me sec as I am writing this fiction 

In your own time My Prince