Sunday 11 August 2013

Superheroes


Duncan had brain freeze, he’d been sucking too hard on his lolly and the iciness had bitten his brain.
He took off his glasses and screwed his eyes tight shut to try to ease the pain but the rocket lolly’s power was strong and he was only a little boy of 8, what chance did he have of defeating the evil iceman? What Duncan needed was a superhero. But this was 1979 and Duncan was learning that superheroes don’t exist. So he was stuck with his headache while he watched his mam and her new bloke monkey around on the beach.
A seagull swooped and span on the wind. Duncan knew he’d only been bought the lolly to buy his mam some quiet time with ‘Uncle’ Jeff. He watched the seagull, watched it try to battle the elements, despite the sunshine the April wind blew in strong, sharp gusts and the seagull struggled to make headway. Duncan knew how he felt; sometimes life was impossible, sometimes obstacles appeared from nowhere and there was no one to show you how to get over them.
Take ‘Uncle’ Jeff for example, he was the wind that was blowing Duncan off course.
Before Jeff had come on the scene Duncan had dreamt his mam would meet someone, someone to make her happy, someone to stop the tears at night. But the person in his mind wasn’t  like Jeff, no not like Jeff at all, no the person in his mind was a superhero, a big strong man with a big smile, a clever mind and a big fast car. Yes what Duncan wanted was a superhero but superheroes don’t exist. Jeffs exist but superheroes don’t.


1 comment:

  1. Petra Goláňová2 July 2015 at 17:43

    Jeffs exist but superheroes don’t. :)

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