Malice in Camden

[dotinthesky]

Malice lies on the grass, outside the pub in Camden. The boys are messing around with two remote-control cars by the bar counter, so I go outside and join her. She smiles at me, her lips full and sensuous, her skin translucent underneath the black corset, her black hair cascading over the green. She props herself up with her elbows.

We talk about zaubin. "He told me you were in Camden when the place went up in flames," I say. She's surprised when I tell her I was there too. She is about to give me details of the bars she visited on the night the fire raged through Camden market when the boys come out with their remote-control cars. They give Malice one of the remotes, the one that controls the metallic green car that is as flat as a lawnmower.

Horses trot in Camden. One of them, a young mare red as wine, carries a little girl. My remote-control makes the little mare turn left or right, circle the grass enclosure. I use the control to make the little mare speed up her trot until the girl is about to fall off.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medium_/]

this was a dream right?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

secret

[rag-and-bone.livejournal.com]

i know a girl named malice.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

A girl called Malice once left a message on my phone, from a hotel here in London. We were supposed to meet, but it didn't work out.

[rag-and-bone.livejournal.com]

hm. is she american?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Yes, from California.

[rag-and-bone.livejournal.com]

bizarre. the one i know is from south carolina, but she was seeing a brit for a while and spent a lot of time in england so that would have been too, too strange.

[jellyfish93.livejournal.com]

weird, Malice also called you in London and also didn't see you?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Her and Mark arrived in London after their trip around Europe, slightly sick. They called but I was not home and she left a message on my phone with the details of their hotel. When I called back, they said nobody with those names were staying there! But then it turns out I'd taken down the wrong name and they were staying there - so we ended up missing the opportunity to talk or meet.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Where's your Malice from?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

There's also a town called Malice (http://commonpeople.livejournal.com/178871.html).

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

And you like being genderless too. ;-)

[(Anonymous)]

indeed I do. I should have been a woman. But what I am is also what I am meant to be.

[jellyfish93.livejournal.com]

I want one!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Which one? A little mare, a remote-control car or a Malice?

[(Anonymous)]

You will get one in time. You deserve it.

[geosh.livejournal.com]

confused but pleased, largely. enjoyed it, is all.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Good stuff.