I was watching a man walk his
dog along a narrow cobble stone road that was winding through a small English
village. The dog was a Labradoodle the size of a Great Dane. The ‘doodle was
yanking the man along. Bad dog... bad dog owner !!!! The road became a
bridge. The bridge arched over the front garden of a terraced house below.
There was a curly-haired woman working in the garden. Oddly, her hair was the
same colour,texture and curl as the ‘doodle. She was the height of the base of
the bridge and was stood with her back to it as she admired her garden.
As the dog walked his owner over the bridge he stopped to sniff out the
curly hair of this woman. Sniff sniff sniff.... and then the ‘doodle opened up
his massive jaw and clamped his teeth around the back of the woman's head and
sounded a blood curdling growl! The woman yelped and spun around escaping the
clenched jaw of the mad dog. In a knee jerk reaction she instantly swatted the
nose of the dog and made a hollow thwap-ing sound. The dog now furious leapt
off the bridge onto the woman, pulling the dog owner by the leash down in on
top of them both. What a mess. The woman started screaming. The ‘doodle was
growling, clawing all over her, snapping his jaws, his mouth foaming, and
eventually sunk his teeth into the back of her neck. The man on the end of the
leash was standing there paralysed with fear. He did, however, manage to
whimper out a limp command that was lost to all but the worm who was burrowing
under his foot. The woman's husband leapt up from his La-Z-Boy, rushed out of
the front door of the little terraced house and proceeded to pull on the rear
of the dog in efforts to release his hysterical wife from the ‘doodle’s grip. I
became aware at that moment that I was watching this event from afar... perhaps
from across the street or from the window of the parallel house. I was not in
this situation… I was engaged in keen observation. With this realisation, my
heart rate increased. I watched the mad dog, the hysterical woman and the hopeless
men trying save this woman. I saw that the men are going about this all in the
wrong way and were only making things worse. I tried to yell out from my
position in the nosebleeds "In the jaw! In the jaw!", but my voice
would not come out of my mouth. "In the jaw!!!” Still no sound. I wanted
the men to pry his jaw open or punch the dog on the nose. These stupid men; the
poor woman; the dumb dog! I was mute. Despite opening my mouth to cry out, I
had no voice. I could be of no help; I became frantic! I pulled myself out of
the dream and woke up panting rapidly....
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
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I'm so thankful that you exist, and that we get to enjoy your music in our lifetime. Thank you Jesca for working so hard to refine your craft; continuously working the clay until the vision is fully and eloquently expressed and recorded.. Now we get to celebrate the depths of this beautiful art that pours out of you.
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Your music is so precious to me and my friends Phil and Cheryl.
All the best Jesca, We absolutely can't wait to come see you live in concert sometime!
All our love!