Flat of Angels, Pt. 4 - Benedict Cumberbatch
Now for the final part of the four part late night tale stories
Flat of angles
Written by simon cleary
And read by me benedict cumberbatch
I didn't know anything could be so perfect
The lights of the mirabal
A thousands swirling eyes
I dream of relaxing nights
There are loads of people in my flat when I got home
I'm already one for big crowds
Makes me want to retreat into my shell
I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out
This is a reconstruction
I can't tell how it happened
There are too many angles too many reflections
The harder I look at anotherthe more I see myself
It feels like I'm here alone in this crowd
Myself projected round the room
The mirrorballa beam splitter
When contentment comes upon me
I have to find ways to destroy it
I slide the hairs in the coffee cup up it's walls
Click the catalan while it rushes and hisses
I danced with spiders
One of those spindly ones or legs
And angles made up of lines
Is feasting on it's prey caught up in a mesh
The kettle clicks off
My skin creeps and my head hurts
I need to suffer more
I was feeling too comfortable for a second there I guess
He was there to save me
Alone in a freezing wooden flawed flat which I couldn't heat
He sent me this mirabal ordered on the internet
He came later
I'd had no money for a fewdays
He was desperate for a cigarette
I remembered that when I was younger
I'd hid some in a tin full of movie
Stubs and limited edition
Chocolate bar wrappers
I found that in and inside was one single cigarette
Throwing the stuff aside
I placed the cigarette carefully on my
Dry lips and patter caked my pockets in
A panic
Located lighter and flicked the flame into existence
I drew deeply tobacco and paper
Crackling my alveoli filled my blood vessels roared
My scalp tingled and stomach turned
Hairs on my arm stood up and so did I
Lunging headfirst for the window flung open in one motion
Drinking down the black cool air as my mind shrieked
I can't feel my arms
Now I'm here who's been a happy person
I work hard and try not to let people down
If they would not be there
There would be no one to let down
Things have to be a certain way