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Invisibility | |
| Have you ever thought about
it, being invisible, I mean. Being able to walk about in crowds
and yet remain, unseen? Wait, I’ve had another thought, you’ll
think it quite absurd, but what if when you speak out loud,
no one appears to hear a word? |
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| Such as when I go out shopping,
or just on my daily walk, shop assistants look right through
me, look around, then begin to talk. They ignore me as I stand
there purchase proffered in my hand. My request for service
is ignored in shops throughout the land. It’s possible, it happens I know, it happens to me and not only on occasions but very frequently. |
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| Take the interval at the theatre
bar, even though I get there first, the ensuing crowd catch
the barman’s eye whilst I am left to die of thirst. In the restaurant after a disastrous show wherein I had reserved a seat, the Maitre D’ could not remember me so there was no place reserved to eat. |
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| It is possible, it happens I know,
it happens to me and not only on occasions but very frequently. It’s different now, they want volunteers to help out with this and that. Suddenly they remember me, “Him with the dog and the funny hat.” I prefer invisibility, it travels hand in hand with peace. It brings with it a tranquillity that I do not wish to cease. |
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| Invisibility (Audio) |