I awoke to a deathly silence; no busses, no people, no noise. It was the retreat of the sea prior to the tsunami. The lull before the storm.
Then inevitably there it is, rising over my aural horizon; the first whistle of Carnival.
It is followed of course by others, then hooters, then the first drum beats slip into my consciousness. It is as if Ghengis Kahn, Attilla the Hun, Vlad thhe impaler and Stalin have massed their collective hordes and are marching on my place. WHY PICK ON ME?
I have a choice... Get out there and party like its the end of the world or remain holed up above it like a first world war balloon observer at Ypres.
Friends phone me for battle reports.
I tell them that I love the smell of Napalm in the morning.
Then inevitably there it is, rising over my aural horizon; the first whistle of Carnival.
It is followed of course by others, then hooters, then the first drum beats slip into my consciousness. It is as if Ghengis Kahn, Attilla the Hun, Vlad thhe impaler and Stalin have massed their collective hordes and are marching on my place. WHY PICK ON ME?
I have a choice... Get out there and party like its the end of the world or remain holed up above it like a first world war balloon observer at Ypres.
Friends phone me for battle reports.
I tell them that I love the smell of Napalm in the morning.
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