Yesterday I Met a Monster
Yesterday, I met a monster
disguised as a man ..
He arrived in my clinic on
a British racing green
mobility scooter and was
bang on time too ..
Now I wouldn’t suggest he
was dressed
to impress, but rather to
shock and to
make sure he got noticed ..
However, he would
surely stand out in a crowd,
any crowd that is ..
Yesterday, I met a monster
dressed as a man ..
His clothes smelled of 1970’s
cologne and had
a well-worn sheen to them ..
He made me feel
dirty just by his, being there ..
He wore his
hair tied back beneath an old
bowler hat
and his beard was braided ..
By the way,
he never took that hat off
once and wore
far too many lapel badges
for my liking ..
Yesterday, I met a monster
who spoke like
a very well educated man ..
And who wore
his mighty collection of age
inappropriate
lapel badges, much like an
old soldier might
wear his campaign medals ..
He was clearly
also proud of the electronic
tagging device
strapped to his right ankle,
since he pursed
his lips and smiled when
I referred to it ..
Yesterday, I met a monster
who raped an
eight year old child then
assaulted two
others, all while they were
on holiday
in a tent by the sea with
their parents
apparently close by to them ..
The monster
in question, had only been
released on
supervised licence, a month
previously ..
Having served in excess of
twenty five years
of his life to date, behind bars ..
The monster
subsequently insisted he was
entirely innocent
of all charges, that he had no
recollection of it
and therefore, it must have
been someone else ..
The monster changed his story
several times
throughout that interview ..
He began to insist
it was the voices had told him ..
Then when that
failed to tease out a diagnosis ..
He began to cry
and claimed he was the victim ..
That all three,
of them, two girls and a boy
had egged him on ..
He was so good a liar, he was
almost convincing ..
But by the end of next month,
I am sure he
will go down again for a very
long time indeed ..
Yes, yesterday I met a monster ..
I just wish I had
then enough guts to have killed it ..
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Author:
Neville (
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Powerful work. Wow.
Thanks Thomas 👍
Ultimately we are all victims.
if you mean that we all succumb to the same ultimate fate, albeit via different routes, then yes, you are indeed write ..
Hello dear Neville, you've been missed. This is really dark and having seen what happened in Sydney yesterday made this even darker, I guess any good psychology would know that we can only help those who want to be helped and those born pure evil unfortunately may never be able to change. An eye for an eye? With what is going on in the world right now, I'm thinking I wish it could all be fairies and father Christmas but in reality it's all so terribly dark. 🌹
Thank you my very dearest of Teddies .. Yes, I fear it will be quite some time before the sky is no longer sullied by dark clouds .. 🌹
Wow Neville, those are the days I wish we are out sick-Although another psychopath can be joining us at a holiday… Great to read your moving words again…
Bless you my friend & so very muchly appreciated .. Neville
If it wasn't such a heavy theme, I would say - ahh, so you met KP yesterday?!
I bet you knew I would say that. lol.
that heavy theme was not just another day at the office, but it was real enough to make me seriously think of renewing my shotgun licence ..
His beard was braided. Yuk I thought and as I read further, I imagined the horror of having to listen to the sickening stuff he was coming out with. Children egging him on. Nothing but an evil pervert. Yes a monster in your presence. Every parent’s nightmare. Such a dark write Neville, but there seems to be such a great deal of darkness at present. What a pity he was let out after 25 years. Who let him out, I ask? Your reality. What an awful yesterday, but what a powerful piece of writing. Great to see you back.
and every single word the bloomin truth, how I so much regret not being permitted to say any more than that, bar thanks a million Cassie .. Neville
As Teddy and Cassie have declared, you have been missed. The monsters are out there, and they will be dealt with in one fashion or another when their time comes. And may they get that what they give. Welcome back my friend. 👍
You are far too kind by half my friend .. Thank you & so very much .. Neville
Kindness fuels the world N. 😉
Strong words Neville. I just do not understand why anybody will harm children. If I had my way I would hang by their spheroids from a bridge and let the crows have them!
Andy
You should have heard me when I got home .. Cheers Andy .. Neville
Somehow this one slipped past me -time zones defeat me sometimes - Welcome back following.
Here you were at the wrong place at the wrong time, Neville
Just another day at the office Dave .. sadly & one of the reasons for my recent absence ..
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