Village Squire, 1977-05, Page 26This cacophony goes on all through the long dark hours and
I found I was fast becoming an expert on all the various rock
groups. I had been kind of partial to Engelbert Humperdink
but after a few nights of swinging sounds I found my tastes
turning to Pink Floyd.
They say that the addiction often leads to another and here
1 was, a digitolic, fast becoming addicted to rock.
The inebriated clock was banished to the living room,
where it could hiccup all night long without disturbing
anyone. Should it work up a thirst there was always the bottle
of cooking sherry handy.
A new clock was purchased for my night table. This one
worked on the same principle as ectoplasm; a sort of
dissolving and re -shaping. It was stone cold sober and didn't
disgrace itself with even the tweeniest hic.
Oh, but what big, bright, green numerals! I could open my
eyes and gaze into brilliant green depths. Something like
lying nose to nose with a tiger. As I lay, hypnotized by the big
glowing numerals, it completely charmed and disarmed me
by changing all it's digits in one grand performance.
Twelve fifty nine dissolved into one o'clock. I was so filled
with admiration I wouldn't have been surprised if the encore
had been News, Weather and Sports! Why, I asked myself,
do all the things that torment us the most have such engaging
personalities?
It took only one night to realize that the fascination of
watching the miraculously changing numerals would soon
lead to further addiction. The clock was transferred to a
dresser away in a corner.
I can still, with a little head raising, gaze into the tiger eyes
and check the time, but it's too much of an effort to watch the
changing depths as a regular pastime.
At last I am getting sleep. Too bad I have to pass up Pink
Floyd's latest album. Maybe I'll get to see the group when
next they come to Canada. • •
You don't
have to take
that much weight
off your body
to take a lot
of weight
off your mind.
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