I was called La Bête Dort Because of my height I had a great deal of body hair Which added to the legend I was so tall that I could not stretch In the tiny bath or with any of my flatmates They would come into the bathroom To either shit or piss or just to stare at me A neanderthal jammed in the bath I had many offers from Anne Julie and Lemmy To share my bath which was an impossible task They called me The Incredible Hulk And although they were by no means vulnerable My flatmates looked on me to protect them Which was not helped on the occasions When a chap that they had met forgot his manners I would ask them quietly to leave without fuss But if this was refused or abuse was received The inevitable would happen which I would later regret The Safety of Objects was my first novel Followed soon after by Visible but Invisible I am working on my third book La Bête Dort which is about A giant of a man who knows that he cannot find love So he decides to enter the church which proves To be a big mistake as his country is invaded And he is asked to fight which he does successfully The hostilities cease and he is much decorated Which he hates as he hates war and does not wish To celebrate it as he thinks of himself as a man of peace But fate does not leave him alone as a woman is murdered By an illegal immigrant so he goes on a rampage He knows this is wrong but he blood is boiling Again in certain quarters he is celebrated But he ignores this and is last seen Sitting in bath in the Animal House With his beloved flatmates teasing him And asking him whether if they make themselves Very small that they might share his meagre bath