I had the job at the kindergarten to go to every day. And coming back in the evenings I would have a fit of fury if no letter from Juha was awaiting me.
My friends thought I was crazy and I could feel them slipping away. They didn't want to hear me go on about the case.
I had also let myself be interviewed and photographed by two different papers; one national and one local. So everyone knew that I was that crazy witch who was in love with a killer.
Before going to bed I would inspect my face in the mirror in the windowless bathroom. It would seem to me that my pact with Satan had given some result. My face seemed a little less covered in pimples. There were for example tiny clear patches on my cheeks and no zits on my nose. Just never-ending streams of blackheads that endlessly needed to be drained. Something I not only didn't mind doing: I loved squeezing and watching the black top pop out followed by a tiny maggot of white pus. This was an indescribable pleasure that only made me feel a little dirty afterwards.
That was powerful.
ReplyDelete"It would seem to me that my pact with Satan had given some result."
ReplyDeleteI love that line, I've felt like that before. Your writing has a very unique voice.
Haha, I used to be (and still am, don't tell anyone) a bit of a blackhead nut.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I love some of the lines especially 'the crazy witch who was in love with a killer'.
May I offer some constructive criticism? The editor in me wants to know how the local papers found out about you. Maybe a line or two linking the press with you in particular may make it smoother.
I hope you don't turn around and say 'Dan you dick, I mentioned that two posts ago!!'
Great stuff and am still checking this daily hehe.
Dan, as far as your question. Maybe I wasn't clear enough about it, but I mentioned a few posts earlier that the members of the press were very interested in the girls at the trial (the scandy manson girls haha). I think I may take yr comment to heart and expand on what actually happened. Because it's a good one. Stay posted.
ReplyDeleteBest, S