Today I started a course on
"creative writing" and I enjoyed it a lot! At the beginning I had a
huge "writer's block" and I couldn't write a single word!
Quite shocking,
isn't it? I was going to give up and not going back next Tuesday, but then the
teacher gave us an interesting task, she asked us to describe a bank robbery
from the vantage point of a customer lying face down on the floor.
To animate again
this blog, I've decided to copy what I've written, pardon me if my English is
not perfect, it's still my second language :)
Ok, James, let's
recap a bit what's going on in here, because I'm a bit confused!
What are these
people doing? I see a lot of people around me and they're all lying on the
floor, are they sleeping?
On the floor?
Wait the minute,
why am I cold? Oh...now I understand why...I'm lying on the floor, too!
Oh, yes! Now I
remember! Someone is trying to robber the bank!
I have to say,
this floor is cold and a little bit uncomfortable for my poor back, but at
least it looks clean!
I bet the cleaner
moped it this morning, I can't see any dust on it, and it looks so germs-free!
Oh lovely!
And looks at the
tiles! They're really nice, big dark grey tiles, shining when hit by the
sunlight coming from the outside...
Oh, look! There's
a sunray that is making its way through the blinds of the third window on the
left!
Ah, God knows how
much I would like to be lying on that small piece of floor illuminated by the
sun now. It should be quite a comfy and warm spot that one!
But that man
wearing those horrible pink trousers is occupying that tile with his chubby
body!
And I can't
move...
The robbers
ordered us to stay down or they would have shot! Pretty scary though...
To be honest, I'm
getting bored and my limbs are getting numbs, I can't even change position and
now my right ankle itches, gosh! When are they going to be done?
Where did they go?
I can't see them in the room anymore...probably they're torturing the bank
director downstairs in the attempt of convincing him to open the safe and not
to call the police.
Let's have a look
around...that woman there is wearing a tracksuit, maybe she had planned to go
running after doing her stuff here.
Look at her trousers!
I should buy my wife a similar pair of running trousers for her birthday,
lovely orange floral pattern, going from the lap to the knee. Then the flowers
become orange butterflies that fly around the calf.
Oh, I think Julie
would appreciate those as a present! Unfortunately that lady is too far from
me, otherwise I would have asked her the name of the shop where she bought
them!
Gosh, I don't have
everyone close to me, who I can have a talk with!
Oh but look at her
t-shirt! It's orange like the flowers and the butterflies, but there's a blue
heart on it.
I believe she's a
romantic woman, you wouldn't wear something with a heart on it if you weren't a
romantic person! It would be a too cheesy piece of clothing!
Oh, look at that
man over there! Really elegant blue suit, I think he's got a management role at
work, maybe he's the CEO of some important company. Now, he's in the same
situation as me, a poor employee of a toys factory. Probably he earns three
times my salary!
Why the bloody
robbers didn't go straight to visit his house, instead of annoying us all!
I mean, I was
supposed to go back to work after my bank duties, I didn't have lunch! I used
my lunch break to come here and now...look at me!
Blocked on a
floor...at least it's clean...
I'm starving! I
hope the police are coming here with some nice sandwiches, too. We deserve some
treat, after all of this! Yes, we definitely deserve it!
I should not think
about food now, otherwise my stomach would start making weird noises, but it's
better not to make any noise in such a situation!
Let's go back to
the rich manager/CEO/whatever he is...I'd like to have a suit like that and the
shirt is classy, too! Nice light grey colour, that fits perfectly with the dark
blue of the jacket and trousers.
I can't really see
the tie, because his body is hiding tit, but if I were him, I would put on a
light blue tie to match the rest. Maybe with some elegant and fine pattern on
it, like small flowers or thin stripes.
I'm trying to
figure out what all of these people had planned for the afternoon...for
example, me, what have I planned to do this afternoon?
Let me se...What
time is it?
It's 3 pm! I have
to take Sam to the swimming lesson! Julie will kill me if I don't do it!
Well...If I'm not
killed by these two silly guys in black balaclavas ransacking the bank.
EC
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