Hackh

‘Hackh layers stories-heard of the site around a stadium. Two voices recount these historical and personal memories as they leak back to them, certain someone is following.’

“ckh-huargh-huap splat. behind each footfall heavy. too heavy. drop on concrete tarmac ping flit angry raindrops. don’t look up look down. pace increases. look ahead. Ahead and down. walking backward, back-up. Backtracking. not been round here before. some people maybe. they could smell it. maybe. maybe you stink of it; sweat on neck. belt now too tight. cheap, giving you itch rash. “dirt.” i’d rather be a puh puh than a huh huh sing song siren, wuh-wuh. you imagined but would go well. Big C’s voice. snide. /only messin/. area around the stadium was another land it was. other side of the road it was. but but you think about it now.

old cliches. tracks and that. mod approves all planning decisions and so do the politicos for the votes and that.

o rite ok ok
not really about that. but about stories and yer one. who told you – – a past that comes again – – a /sport thing/ happening. the /sport team/’d been playing. don’t know what’d happened. the story was – – /the pitch invasion/ – – the story was. the crowd breaking. /star player’s leg/ – – the story was – – the story was the other one discussing. first memory. baby-like. 3 to 4 to 5. break through window. smash. the story was the story was. put out of the house move on. right behind the stadium. the story was how someone of your one’s one had been dragged. good friends. the rest of the year in argy bargy. yo yo yo. arm hacked off by the fire waste ground. back of the stadium. site of sing song still. ckh-huargh-huap splat. boots. on hard ground. ping ping of echo off wall. from here but you’re not. thought it would be ok ok but the edge edge cutting up through you. you say wise up but ckh-huargh-huap.

don’t know but swear that indented your back…”

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