The Green Lake


You are such a mystery to me Stan

Why

Because you can be a complete shit one minute

And so warm and loving the next minute

Why to you say that

Because of my advantage by the pool

I absolutely hated you when you left me naked in the pool

Nudity is not a big thing in Lanzarote

People were looking at me

Look at them

One guy photographed me on his phone

That will most likely end up on a porno website

I will Google Jane Collar and Cuffs

You are not going to wind me up Stan

When the waitress gave me my bikini pants

I changed on the side of the pool

Just to say to people that I was free and not ashamed

I am really a free spirit Stan

But I do not drink

What are you doing Stan

Checking the internet

It is not there yet

Stan

Give me a kiss

Why

Because I love you

And I want to thank you for the lovely ring

What ring

The ring that you left for me by the pool

I have a confession to make

That being

When the waitress handed me my bikini pants

Wait did she ask you for a tip

Why should she but no

I said that because she was so helpful that she should ask for twenty euros

She did not say a thing

In a way it was rather awful of me as I looked down on her without knowing

These bars do not pay a fortune and she is likely to either be feeding a kid

Or might be sending the cash or part of it to her family

Twenty euros is twenty euros

We are not rich but we both have well paid jobs

Stan it is possible you are not going to like this and I feel so guilty but I gave the waitress one hundred euros

Why should I not like it a bit excessive but if I look at it in context then it is a good thing to do.

The hundred euros was from your money

Our money

No your money as I robbed you in the apartment

Why

The lads holiday treat remember it

So I have no cash

Only your card

You were going to buy yourself a couple of Spanish World Cup shirts remember

And then I found the peridot ring

I felt so guilty

I would have forgiven you Jane

Oh no it was not you

Then who else

I felt so guilty about receiving such a wonderful and possibly expensive gift whilst the poor waitress was working for a pittance

Did Ria see the ring

Ria

The waitress it was on her name badge

No she was elsewhere

I think that she did not want to flash her tip around

I get your point Jane but although she is paid little

And we are paid a hell of lot more

We work so fucking hard

If we carry on for too long we will become ill

Ria does a less stressful job

It is a dead end job

Poorly paid

An probably the sleaze of the owner has his hand on her arse

But she is unlikely to burn out as we will

It is just the economic position that she is in

Economies differ radically

We are slowly working ourselves to death

But still feel underpaid for the pressure we put ourselves under

We have a mortgage on an apartment that really we cannot afford

Thankfully we did not own a car as we live in London

Our lifestyle can be a little over the top

We face this guilt by sponsoring children in developing countries

Just to make ourselves feel better or is just guilt

None of us are perfect we just exist in the world in front of us

Look how we needed this break as we were so tired

I have been cruel to you and you have been cruel to me

That is not really us as we are acting like rats in a cage

I am sorry about the plane but you have been insufferable lately

Deep down I wanted to hurt you as you were so arrogant

Your pranks did not really bother me as you have done these before

Jane without clothes is is like the old newspaper strip

It is just you are always so full of yourself

It is self confidence Jane

I drown in self confidence

But know that without it an airless void exists

That scares me it scares the shit out me

Supposing God said Fuck You Stan

No more writing

The Lord giveth

The Lord taketh away

It is from the Book of Job

What would I really be