Junk by Melvin Burgess; Julia Eccleshare
Author:Melvin Burgess; Julia Eccleshare
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780141315935
Publisher: ePenguin
Published: 2003-03-06T00:00:00+00:00
Once she accepted that I wasnât coming back we got to have some intelligent conversations. She still cracks up and starts crying sometimes, which is a pity because Iâd ring up more often if it wasnât for that. I hate that. It doesnât do any good.
My dadâs okay, too. I try to have a normal conversation but it never gets much past the âHow are you, whatâs the weather like over there?â kind of thing. Sometimes he tells me he loves me but it never sounds all that convincing. I guess I get on better with my mum, all in all.
Vonny and Richard come round from time to time. I donât know whether itâs because they like us or whether theyâre just keeping an eye on us. Itâs nice. I like them. Even Vonny. Now she canât be some sort of Auntie Thing, itâs okay. Mind you, they donât know the half of it. I donât tell her everything. Junk, for example. I donât tell them about that. They wouldnât understand. They have their drugs â hash, a bit of speed, booze. But junk. I dunno. One day, maybe Iâll tell them just to watch their faces.
Yeah. Thereâs a lot of drugs around here. Drugs are just part of life â pleasure, business, they bring you up and take you down, they make you feel good. They take you to another planet, sometimes. Sometimes you have to find your own way back.
I know what youâre thinking. Youâre thinking, O-oh, sheâs a junkie, sheâs only been away from home six months and sheâs a junkie already.
You poor brat, youâve been brainwashed. Look, drugs are fun. They make you feel good, thatâs all. Sure, theyâre powerful, thatâs why theyâre dangerous. Soâs life. If youâre in control, then itâs okay.
They never dare tell you that, of course. Itâs not because they want to keep you off drugs. Oh no, they like it, they want you to. They just want to make sure you take the ones they want you to take. Itâs all part of the big mind control. Tobacco, booze, medicine-good; hash, acid, junk â bad.
You think about it. Whatâs that row of little bottles in your mumâs medicine cabinet? How many is she on a day? How often do you reckon sheâs clean â once every three months when the prescription runs out and she toddles off down to the doctor and gets some more? Medication, they call it. Thanks, I can prescribe for myself, I donât need no experts telling me whatâs good for me.
What about Cousin John puffing his way through twenty fags a day, filling the air with his poison, breathing all over his baby and watching it cough and having a good laugh about it. What about your dad, going to the pub every night for three or four or five pints? Itâd be an education to take a scan of what his insides look like after thirty years of that. You donât know what goes on after youâre safely tucked up in bed.
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