Farewell To All That (5)

FAREWELL TO ALL THAT (5)

'So, this caravan thing . . .'

'Won't you shut up,' I said. 'You make me see red. Can't you see that I need to make sense of the things that have happened; I've quite had enough. That's just it, I'm afraid: my defence.'

'So . . .'

'There's a wall by the river - the flank of a bridge. You can boulder, traverse or high-ball. I've never been one who could top out with ease but, these days, I don't care if I fall.'

The Sub-Editor - Pomegranate Seeds And A Blow Torch

POMEGRANATE SEEDS AND A BLOW TORCH

Her sadness didn't last long.

She said: 

'Spring returned, and with it her sanity

The girl who'd mistaken herself for Persephone.

'The girl who'd mistaken herself for Penelope
Managed, at last, to conquer her melancholy.'

I had just returned, once again, from my wanderings. 

As we sat, late at night, at the kitchen table I said: 'something is different. I think you're more stable. You are more like your old self - if I may dare.  Or have you, perhaps, just altered your hair?'

She said:

'It all began with a bang to the head. 

She decided to top-out, but just missed the ledge.

'As she hit the ground, she thought "what the hell?"

She'd failed to live this life very well.

'She'd been sick as a dog and too full of sadness;

At times, it has felt like a terrible madness.

'As she hit the ground she thought "what will it be?

I'm so tired of all this anxiety".

She paused, then said:

'And, the joke is on me.
From the day I was born I abhorred conventionality.'

Apparently, at that point the pomegranate seed that had been lodged in her throat, dislodged itself (and stuck to her coat).

And, my advice:

Use a blow torch to eliminate any seeping.  If you dry the wall you probably won't fall. And, then, you can stop all that weeping.

Semiotics Of Photography: S

S is for Sick (Leave)

Or, Fingering Fingerboard Moves While The Moving Finger Writes And Having Writ Moves On . . .

Semiotics Of Photography: Q

Q is for Quenching (Thirst)

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Semiotics Of Photography: J

J is for Jane

Holding on, however absurd.

Semiotics Of Photography: H

H is for Highballs

Something to consider when there's been a balls-up with the high-up at work.

According to Staffordshire Gritstone - The Roaches: The Definitive Guide (2009) edited by Niall Grimes:

'If a boulder problem occurs with a full grade in brackets opposed to just the technical grade, this means it is a highball problem, with aspects of a route about it. That is, you might not want to fall off. . . Use your sense.' (Grimes, 2009, 12)

The Perfect Pair

Peter And Jane See Daddy Go Up And Down (An Apple Apples)

Note how, latterly, Jane adopts the same knee position as Daddy: possibly unconsciously, certainly posthumously.

But, unlike Daddy, Jane preferred not to come down.

This Is For You, Daddy, Jane Says (With Tea)