Sunday, October 04, 2009

overindulgence

He lay sprawled, too wicked to move, spewed up like a broken spider-crab on the tarry shingle of the morning. The light did him harm, but not as much as looking at things did; he resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again. A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum. During the night too, he'd somehow been on a cross-country run and then been expertly beaten up by secret police. He felt bad.

-- Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim

2 comments:

K said...

you should update this more.

Mila said...

I'll update mine if you update yours ;)