Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh [80]
Ah started tae feel a crippling nausea and the room began tae spin. Ah fell oot ay the chair n puked tomatay soup aw ower the fireside rug. Ah don’t remember getting pit tae bed. There goes my first love woo-hoo . . .
Ma body was being twisted and crushed. It wis like ah hud collapsed in the street and a skip hud been lowered oan top ay us, n a squad ay vicious workies wir loading it up wi heavy building materials, while at the same time sticking sharp rods underneath to skewer ma body. With the guy I used to . . .
What’s the fuckin time? Ah wonder what the fuck 7:28. I can’t forget her . . .
Hazel
My heart is breaking woo-hoo when 1 see her . . .
Ah throw back the weighty duvet and look at Paddy Stanton. Paddy. Whit am ah gaunny dae? Gordon Durie. Juke Box. What’s the fuckin score here? Why did ye leave us Juke Box, ya cunt? Iggy . . . you’ve been thair. Help us man. HELP ME.
What did you say aboot it aw?
YOU’RE NO FUCKIN HELP YA CUNT . . . NO FUCKIN HELP AT AW . . .
Blood flows oantae the pillow. Ah’ve bitten ma tongue. Severely severed by the looks ay it. Every cell in ma body wants tae leave it, every cell is sick hurting marinated in pure fuckin poison
cancer
death
sick sick sick
death death death
AIDS AIDS fuck yis aw FUCKIN CUNTS FUCK YIS AW
SELF-INFLICTED PEOPLE WI CANCER — NAE CHOICE
FIR THAIM DESERVING
AIN FAULT AUTOMATIC DEATH SENTENCE
THROWIN AWAY YIR LIFE DOESNAE NEED TAE BE
AN AUTOMATIC DEATH SENTENCE DESTROY
REHABILITATE
FASCISM
NICE WIFE
NICE BAIRNS
NICE HOOSE
NICE JOAB
NICE
NICE TA SEE YA, TA SEE YA. . . .
NICE NICE NICE BRAIN DISORDER DEMENTIA
HERPES THRUSH PNUEMONIA
WHOLE LIFE AHEAD AY YE MEET A NICE LASSIE N SETTLE DOON . . .
She’s still ma first lurve
BROAT IT OAN YIRSEL.
Sleep.
More terrors. Am ah asleep or awake? Who fuckin knows or cares? No me. The pain’s still here. Ah know one thing. If ah move, ah’ll swallow ma tongue. Nice bit ay tongue. That’s what ah cannae wait for ma Ma giein us, just like in the old days. Tongue salad. Poison your children.
Ye’ll eat that tongue. That’s a nice, tasty bit ay tongue thair son.
YE’LL EAT THAT TONGUE.
If ah don’t move, ma tongue will slide down ma gullet anyway. Ah can feel it moving. Ah sit up, consumed by a blind panic, and retch, but thir’s nowt comin up. Ma heart’s thrashing in my chest, and sweat’s lashing from my emaciated frame.
Is this sllllleeeeeeeeepppppppp.
Oh fuck. Thir’s somethin in this room wi me it is comin oot the fuckin ceiling above the bed.
It’s a baby. Wee Dawn, crawlin along the ceilin. Greetin. But it’s lookin doon it us now.
— You let me fuckin diieeeeee, it sais. It’s no Dawn. No the wee bairn.
Naw, ah mean, this is fuckin crazy.
The bairn has sharp, vampire teeth wi blood drippin fae them. It’s covered in a sick yellow-green slime. It’s eyes are the eyes ay every psychopath ah’ve ever met.
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It springs fae the ceilin doon oan top ay us. Ma fingers rip and tear