Jul 01, 2005 19:21
Here's an excerpt from near the beginning of Filth:
"I have a rash developing on my testies and my arse. Caused by excess sweat and chaffing, the quack said. The cream he gave me seems to be making it worse, if anything. I suppose it's something that'll have to get worse before it gets better. Fucking spastics. How do they expect me to do my job under these circumstances?
I cannae
It's getting really fucking itchy and I shift my weight on to one buttock and claw at my arse through my shiny black flannels. She's . . . I need a proper fucking laundry service, that's what I need. It's no good. I stick it out until we get to the High Street where I stop the car at Hunter Square and go into the public bogs. This needs a good claw. I whip everything down and remove the dampness from around my arse with toilet paper. Then I scratch like fuck but it stings as the gease from the bacon roll, I realise, is still under my nails. I claw and claw feeling a delicious liberation as the wound tears and pulsates. I see the blood on my fingers. I wedge some toilet paper between the cheeks of my arse in order to stop them from rubbing together and creating the friction which causes the tissue to itch. My balls are not too bad. I go back up without bothering to wash my hands."