Bed Time Blockbuster
Dominic Brooks
“I can’t do this”
“What
do you mean?”
“Any of this”
“I don’t
understand”
“You can’t”
“So
why are you telling me?”
“Because I haven’t even
told you , because I know this is imagination”
“What
are you talking about, your scaring me”
“I’m Sorry”
“Are
you?”
“I’m not sure”
“Don’t
say it if you don’t mean it.”
“I would never”
“And
whys that?”
“I’m scared”
“You
always are”
“How do you know that?”
“It’s
not hard to see”
“And what happens if I cry?”
“Nothing”
“But why?”
“You
know why”
“But everyone does”
“Everyone
is not you”
“It includes me”
“It
doesn’t define you”
“Should I want to?”
“Should
you what?”
“Feel afraid?”
“Can
you stop it?”
“Can’t you?”
“No”
“If I stop- if I can stop it, will
you support me?”
“I would
support you to the ends of the earth and back again”
“Do you love me?”
“Up
to the moon and back down again”
“Good night mum”
“Good
night sweat heart, I love you”
“I love you to, whens dad home?”
“I’ll
send him up when he’s back, OK”
“OK”
And
she blows me a goodnight kiss.
