Topic: About that Angel
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Mon 03/10/14 02:10 PM
Edited by rapsscallion on Mon 03/10/14 03:08 PM
About that Angel

It was like glass, the river I mean. Sorry I'€™ll go back to the beginning.
I was walking into Town along the riverside path. No I'€™ll go right
back to the beginning. I mean when I got made an Angel. Yes like
the one in my poem. Yes I know you don'€™t believe me. I said that in
the poem and i'€™m sorry for swearing at you all, but its not easy being
an Angel.

It'€™s strange how it happens. I mean I'€™m retired, good Pension, having
the second childhood and all that and chasing grannies to see how
many I can screw. So what do I want with all this bloody grief?

Oh yes, he laid it right on me, said he knew I was feeling "� purposeless,"�
and looking for something to do like, so he had a job for me.
Unbefuckinglievable, yes exactly my thoughts. Me a Goddam Angel.
I thought he was taking the piss, but then when you think about it he'€™s
always doing things like that. Well what can you say? You can'€™t tell him to
eff off can you, no, you can'€™t, and neither could I.

Where does he get these ideas from I mean the Countries swarming
with people with degrees in "medieval needlework," and what not , how
can he pick on the likes of... No he says I'€™m perfect and I'€™ve had all the
training. Training, what bloody training?

He says I'€™ve been training all my life to be a cold hearted son of a *****,
and that's what was needed.
I asked him if I got any special powers to help me? He says i was going
to be an Angel not Harry Potter and his wand. I had to engineer it so they
sorted themselves out, and no magic tricks. Anyway he said, he didn'€™t know
any."€

I always thought nice guys would make the best Angels but he said "€œno they
burn out too easily and don'€™t get the job done."€
I was still worried so he said, "€œ I was such a silly bastard that he would let
me fall in love with the first woman that needed sorting out, and that
frankly they needed me like a hole in the head, but it would teach me the
final lesson when they dumped me.€ He also said that "if he wasn'€™t so
short staffed at the moment he wouldn'€™t bother with all of this mullarky and
training.

He pointed out all the "€œon the job "€œ training I'€™d had, so to speak.
Like all those young lasses I humped and didn'€™t give a **** for. Well he
says,"€ that's how you'€™ve got to be now. be aloof like."€ Aloof , my *** how
can you do that? He says that's how I was with those lasses so he'€™s not
asking me to do something I'€™d not done before.

What could I say especially when he said that "€œthis time, me being a ****,
would be for their own good."€
He could see that I was still worried, and he said, "€œ Now don'€™t worry as he
might be being a bit harsh,"€ "€œ I'€™ll tell you you what,"€ he said, "€œI'€™ll only let you
see their pain, so that you can emphasise with them but you wont feel it,
or care, So don'€™t try to top yourself when the going gets tough, because
we don'€™t like queue jumpers here. Crying is a no, no too."€

The riverside path? Well I usually walk straight into town but I decided to
stop for a coffee in the quayside cafe. There was this lass, a woman actually,
drinking wine and she was crying. The Cathedral clock struck eleven and I
thought "��Here we go again."��



P.S read the poem , An Angel