tales from an ordinary world

2000-06-11

And so as I watched another fine performance by Stephen Cummings last night, my eyes strayed up to the TV over the stage. While he sung Taken by surprise, I watched a minor character in some cop show wander through a dark house and get a knife in the back, just as the song finished. I've been inattentive to coincidence lately, so I guess this surprised me a little more than usual.

Nearby, a bored security girl slowly played with her hair as she watched out for drunk patrons. One of them shook her hand as he left the pub and went out into the cold, cold night.