On the sink estate, late at night, a group of superb young
women gather round my humble head for a smoke and a chat. Not with me,
of course; I am not fit to converse with them. I’m just a convenient gathering
point (‘Let’s meet up by the humble head!’)
In truth, I am fit only to look them in their SOCKS! No,
they are chatting with one another about their respective boyfriends and
tastes in men – not that their conversation is any of my damn business! I
shouldn’t even be thinking of them above their SOCKS. I’m just a slave!
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| The three superb young women have gathered round me for a smoke and a catch-up with one another |
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| The young, white woman standing directly in front of me with her back to me... |
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| ...is wearing grey sneakers with a yellow star logo, and short, white SNEAKER-SOCKS |
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| I humbly study the STITCHING in the BACKS of her SOCKS |
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| I am acutely aware that her SOCKS are better than me... |
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| ...and that I am not fit to even think of her above the SOCKS! |
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| Meanwhile, her prtetty, black interlocutor... |
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| ...is wearing brown leather SLOUCH BOOTS... |
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| ...with an equally creased pair of PLAIN GREY BOOTSOCKS. I can still make out the individual patterns in the STITCHING of her THICK SOCKS |
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| Immediately on my right, are the crouching SNEAKERS and SOCKS of a giggling Asian girl |
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| She is currently laughing at me as I am obliged to study the backs of her friend's SOCKS! |
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| The Asian girl's SHORT SOCKS have red, elasticated tops... |
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| ...though the main body of the SOCKS looks to be Xmassy-themed? |
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| Whatever, the Law states I must always focus on the SOCKS directly in front of me - the ones closest to my face |
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| And those are the white SOCKS of the Asian girl's interlocutor |
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| My humbling, slave's-eye view of the BACKS of a blonde girl's SOCKS |