The rat is out of the bottle, shaking its fur, blowing hot small breaths on to its legs.
A quiet but intense whine emerges from his vibrating body.
" Would you get that?"
The man doesn't move from his lounger.
"Honey, I said would you get that?"
The woman is watching someone move in the bushes close to the poolman's hut.
"I'm busy."
The woman scoffs,
" Oh sure, busy doing nothing. And they talk about the ideal rich.
" I'm not idle."
The Smart Ting™ continues to ring and the woman without taking her eyes off the rustlting bushes reaches for it.
" I think there is someone in the bushes?"
"What?"
" The bushes, they're rustling."
"That's what bushes do, baby, they rustle."
"I'm going to shake your goddamned tree if you don't answer the phone."
"Who don't you want to speak to this time?"
"Everybody."
The man groans as he stretches out his hand without opening his eyes.
" Hello?"
The woman shouts over to the bushes.
"Hello?"
The man shouts down the phone.
The rat continues to dry itself, shaking its small body and rubbing up against the brittle leaves of the bush.
Monday 16 November 2009
Wednesday 11 November 2009
Ex Rat 4
The rat was pretty wet. Stuffed as he was into the water bottle there was still room for the water to get in.
His fur was slicked with pool water but he was nearly out.
The plastic was tough but he had nearly gnawed enough for his head to poke out.
"Well?"
The man was sitting on the steps, after work, drink in his hand, his silk tie with ethnic pattern lay draped across his thigh. The top button of his shirt had recently been undone.
"Well what?"
The woman was waiting for her Smart Ting™ to ring. She looked at it accusingly.
"Did you snare your thief?"
" You know are those, PARTY people next door? What with that car, those uniforms. What does it mean?"
The rat's body was nearly out of the bottle but it waited until the wind shifted the clear, blue water and steered him closer to the pool side.
The man downed the drink and started to crunch the ice.
"There's a lot of uniforms round here. Even the guard has some pretty impressive epaulets. They could be. This is an expensive place to live and not everyone is in business. "
" Did you ask for a drink for me? And no."
"Sure, it's coming. Angelina knows what you need. And no, what?"
" The money is still there. I'm going to put it under the table nearby to make it look as though I haven't even noticed it fall."
"Clever."
His fur was slicked with pool water but he was nearly out.
The plastic was tough but he had nearly gnawed enough for his head to poke out.
"Well?"
The man was sitting on the steps, after work, drink in his hand, his silk tie with ethnic pattern lay draped across his thigh. The top button of his shirt had recently been undone.
"Well what?"
The woman was waiting for her Smart Ting™ to ring. She looked at it accusingly.
"Did you snare your thief?"
" You know are those, PARTY people next door? What with that car, those uniforms. What does it mean?"
The rat's body was nearly out of the bottle but it waited until the wind shifted the clear, blue water and steered him closer to the pool side.
The man downed the drink and started to crunch the ice.
"There's a lot of uniforms round here. Even the guard has some pretty impressive epaulets. They could be. This is an expensive place to live and not everyone is in business. "
" Did you ask for a drink for me? And no."
"Sure, it's coming. Angelina knows what you need. And no, what?"
" The money is still there. I'm going to put it under the table nearby to make it look as though I haven't even noticed it fall."
"Clever."
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Ex Rat #3
"I'm going to set a trap for the maid."
The woman slides the patio door closed and looks across at her husband who is lounging by the pool.
"What's that?"
The woman kicks a few dead leaves along the pale tiles.
" Does the poolman just clean the pool?"
She kicks the leaves into the pool.
The man squints over his sunglasses.
"Honey, you know I hate it when we talk across the pool. The water just swallows up the words."
"Whatever. I'm going to leave some money out, you know, accidentally."
The man turns back and sighs as he leans into the cream coloured cushions.
"It was windy last night, tail end of the typhoon I guess. He'll get around to the leaves."
The woman picks up one of the brittle palm leaves, crushing it in her hand.
"We'll see if the maid gets around to 500 000 Dong."
The woman slides the patio door closed and looks across at her husband who is lounging by the pool.
"What's that?"
The woman kicks a few dead leaves along the pale tiles.
" Does the poolman just clean the pool?"
She kicks the leaves into the pool.
The man squints over his sunglasses.
"Honey, you know I hate it when we talk across the pool. The water just swallows up the words."
"Whatever. I'm going to leave some money out, you know, accidentally."
The man turns back and sighs as he leans into the cream coloured cushions.
"It was windy last night, tail end of the typhoon I guess. He'll get around to the leaves."
The woman picks up one of the brittle palm leaves, crushing it in her hand.
"We'll see if the maid gets around to 500 000 Dong."
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