Swallows Have Arrived Page #2

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and I got out some chilled vodka...

and we sat in the shade

and said grace,

and drank and ate, and I cast

my line and fell asleep.

No one caught a thing, except me.

When they woke me up,

I hauld in my line and...

- A shoal of fish, yeah?

- Not a shoal, but there was a fish.

And what did you do with

this one fish, I wonder?

There were lots of you

weren't there?

- No, I gave it to the...

- To the warden?

To the warden? Well,

that was the right thing to do...

But, what has that got

to do with obscenity?

So, why are we so greedy?

Why do we grab all the best spots?

There's no need!

If God gives you something,

He gives it to you... or whatever...

You're right there. When God gives,

He gives it right into your hands.

And it's this love alone that

keeps the whole world together.

And the more a man

loses the sense of love,

the more warlike he becomes,

the more he wants to fight,

the more he wants to enslave.

Without love,

all that's left is obscenity.

That's negative information.

You turn on the television

and every day they tell you

that something has burned down...

You can't change it.

You mustn't watch it, you see?

- Watch the game!

- You've already lost.

- What's his obscenity?

- He's a teacher.

He should be an example to...

- Are you playing the game or what?

- I've practically won already.

You watch the game.

Pik, what's wrong with you?

Everything must

be paid for, eh, Pik?

Shell I open the window?

It's alright.

He just needs some hot tea.

Pik, here, drink your tea.

Pour some on his head.

It's alright!

Mate, grandmaster!

- My friend...

- Wait, wait!

Oh, God!

Again the black sun

has risen over the earth.

I have to live:

I have to walk, talk, smile

and lie, and lie...

The first torture is breakfast.

You eat and you are also lying,

because you don't taste the food

and you try to swallow

without chewing,

pretending that human things

are not alien to you.

Thanks, mum.

I don't want any more, I have to go.

But today is Sunday.

Where are you going?

I have to do some work

in the library.

Do libraries work on Sundays?

They do.

They have a day off on Mondays.

Let him go.

Alright.

I'm off.

Don't forget your briefcase.

Thanks.

Good morning.

You walk grinning agreeably,

trying to look like everybody else,

but you remain alien,

alien to this celebration of life.

And you don't have

to look back to know

that they're pointing at you,

and that your faithful

black sun is following you.

Pik! Pik!

- Hello, Skiff!

- Hello!

- How are you?

- I'm in a hurry. I'm going to work.

But today's Sunday.

We work on Sundays, too. I have

some work to do in the library.

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