The Last Days of the Tea Lounge

[madamepsychosis]

The first two seats I sit in have serious structural deficiencies and protruding nails. The chai tastes like water. The guy next to me steps on an enormous cockroach, its sectioned body striated and rich, and after a moment its functional front legs get up and drag its injured back half a good six or eight inches before another customer comes over

Comments

[ladydaydreamer]

"Did I know when I moved to the city that this place is like some kind of enormous beetle, molting its skin with frightening regularity?"

A most excellent simile. :)

[madamepsychosis]

I almost never post anymore, but my god, this journal is named after one of his characters, I mean, the man's influence is all over my life.