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Bad Boy Jamie makes me punch my pillow in frustration

It is a quiet Tuesday and Bad Boy Jamie walks into the bar with his boyfriend. It is time for me to leave and I am about to book an Uber. That important moment comes when you either confirm the booking, or take the risk and stay. My finger hovers over the button, and Jamie whispers in my ear and tells me to stay because he has missed me. I don’t know what to do. I realise that I’ve missed him too, but I also now that he is a total cunt. I look at his messy hair, and unshaven face, and think that at that moment he is the handsomest guy imaginable. But I confirm the Uber booking and say that I have to go home. Later on he messages me and says that I am the only person he wants. I punch my pillow in frustration.

Being bad/Being cheeky

Window Washers by Anthony Goicolea (2015)

Being bad. Being cheeky. Showing tongue. The signs of an exciting life ahead.

Bad boy Jamie: a flash of blade means a flash of leg

Bad boy Jamie comes in with a crowd, and he plays up to them. His boyfriend comes over and tells me that Jamie is a cunt because he is sleeping with somebody else. I hate to tell him that it is me. But the boyfriend is right. Jamie is a cunt.

Jamie looks over and pretends that I don’t exist. But that boyish charm and those tattoos still make me weak. And then, bad boy Jamie and his boyfriend start arguing about a lad called Jordan who Jamie has been sleeping with. I am hurt and jealous. They start fighting and I’m glad that I can sit in a corner and look at their life unravelling in front of me.

Bad boy Jamie, I do so think you are exciting.

I love the fact that you fight and carry a knife in your sock. A flash of blade means a flash of leg and that tattoo on your ankle that says ‘Jamie’.

At least I have has been

The scene: a bar. “You shouldn’t be in here,” says the young barman. “And why is that?” “Because you are a has-been.” I am stung, but remember a quote from many years ago. “Well,” I say. “At least I has been.”

The bad boy with tattoos reads classic literature

And you come to realise that appearances can be deceptive. The clean handsome boy turns out to be an alcoholic; the athlete is hooked on drugs; the sweet angel is a megalomaniac; the mean looking boy, with hoodie and sweatpants, turns out to be polite and eloquent; the bad boy with tattoos reads classic literature.

But you don’t care, sir

Herbert List. Nach dem Bade (After the bath) (1936)

I am flat, sir. I have been on charge for two years, and now I have overcharged. My battery is empty and I must charge it all the time because it drains too quickly. My battery needs to be repaired or replaced. But you don’t care, sir, because, in your eyes, your health is more important than is mine.

That moment/But those eyes didn’t have hate in them

Artwork by 非(hi)

Bailey, who I thought hated me. But tonight, I sat at the bar and chatted with someone. But every time I looked behind the bar, he was looking at me. I thought that he really did hate me. But those eyes didn’t have hate in them. They showed fear. And I realised that he was one more person who was afraid of me.

That moment/He tells me to hit him, but I won’t

Tonight, a lad calls me an “ugly old wet wipe.” The thing is, he is telling the world because he is pointing his phone in my face and recording it all. I tell him not to be rude. He is not clever enough to realise that a bodycam is also recording him.  But he persists. “You are vile,” he says, “And I’m a nice person.” I do what I always do and ignore him. “You’re probably on minimum wage, while I earn loads.” I smile. A female appears and tells me that her friend really is a nice person and that he doesn’t mean what he’s saying. I tell her that his behaviour is exactly the reason why I won’t let him inside. She doesn’t agree and tells me that I’m being unreasonable. The lad is still filming. And then he calls me an “old cunt”, but I don’t react. “That’s why you’ll never get anyone, and you’ll die sad and lonely.” And then, he tells me to hit him. But I won’t because that’s what he wants me to do so he can edit the footage and put it on Facebook. Eventually they both walk away, and I realise that I have won, and they have lost.

That moment/That rent boy

A little rent boy who is quite cute with peach fuzz on his lip comes in. He talks to the ugliest meanest fuck who is stood next to me. He never even gives me a glance. Eventually, he turns his attention to me, and asks me to buy him a drink. I tell him to fuck off. But he doesn’t because he’s obsessed with the ugly fuck stood next to me. He introduces himself as Regan, I shake his hand. And then ugly fuck says that rent boy has bad breath and I act as if I’m bothered. Truth be known, I am a bit bothered because I quite like the little fucker:

That moment/I feel sorry for that guy, who was probably younger than I am now

I am sitting at a bar in a nightclub. I play with a drink of no description, and listen to music that means nothing to me. Around me, the kids are shouting to be heard, they know each other, and embrace one another like they were family. They don’t appear to be drinking much, and I realise why when they keep sneaking off to the toilet.

Every so often, one of them looks at me, and I smile at them. They usually turn away, but sometimes I get a pitying look, or their eyes narrow with suspicion. They make it clear that I’m not part of their crowd, nor should I be there.

“Fuck off, old man. Dirty pervert. Get the fuck away.”

That wasn’t aimed at me. 

I said it. Not now. But back in the nineties. I said it to an older guy who was sitting where I am now. 

He said something nice like, “Are you having a good night?” and I played up to the crowd. 

I hit him hard in the face and the bouncers came and I told them he’d grabbed my dick. He got thrown out.

Regrets?

Not then.

But all these years later, I feel sorry for that guy, who was probably younger than I am now.