A man walks into a room. In the room are five people. It is a waiting room for a city bus-station. He takes from his pocket a watch, a bus ticket and a short piece of string. From another pocket he produces a lighter and a pencil.
He kneels and puts the watch on the floor, stands and then stamps his heel upon the watch smashing it to pieces. Kneeling again he places the bus ticket onto the remains and then, with the pencil, he writes upon the floor. The word FAKE appears and satisfied he flicks the lighter and lights the piece of string. When it is alight he lowers it onto the ticket until it too is alight. When the string begins to burn his fingers he carefully drops it into the centre of the pile of cogs, wheels and ashes. He stands, kicks the heap away and laughs.
He kneels and puts the watch on the floor, stands and then stamps his heel upon the watch smashing it to pieces. Kneeling again he places the bus ticket onto the remains and then, with the pencil, he writes upon the floor. The word FAKE appears and satisfied he flicks the lighter and lights the piece of string. When it is alight he lowers it onto the ticket until it too is alight. When the string begins to burn his fingers he carefully drops it into the centre of the pile of cogs, wheels and ashes. He stands, kicks the heap away and laughs.
He leaves…
5 comments:
your guess is as good as mine mate.
Ah, the ancient ritual of the Watch Burner Society. Mind you, the guy was not supposed to perform it in public...
(raises eyebrow) whaaa....ok Clive spill it. Throw me a bone here...need the info
(eyes Gone suspiciously) Yer pullin my Yank leg, I betcha.
What makes this account so believable is that it takes place in a bus station.
The Watch Burner Society? They were ok for a while. Then they got a new Leader - the Watch-Finder General; and he put paid to the old school he started a new faction but they got caught up in the crossfire from the String and Lighter Movement who came down heavy on any nefarious activity.
In the end I think the Floor-Cleaning Crew got all of 'em.
My guess is the guy wanted to burn a few demons. It was heavy with symbolism but he did not share its secrets.
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