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18. The Colony Of
Slippermen
The
Arrival
A
Visit to the Doktor
The
Raven
Rael:
I wandered lonely as a cloud,
Till I came upon this dirty street.
I've never seen a stranger crowd;
Slubberdegullions on squeaky feet,
Continually pacing,
With nonchalant embracing,
Each orifice disgracing
And one facing me moves to say "hellay".
His skin's all covered in slimy lumps.
With lips that slide across each chin.
His twisted limbs like rubber stumps
Are waved in welcome say 'Please join in.'
My grip must be flipping,
Cos his handshake keeps slipping,
My hopes keep on dipping
And his lips keep on smiling all the time.
Slipperman:
"We, like you, have tasted love.
Don't be alarmed at what you see,
You yourself are just the same
As what you see in me."
Rael:
Me, like you? like that!
Slipperman:
"You better watch it son, your sentence has only just
begun
You better run and join your brother John."
Slipperman:
"You're in the colony of slippermen.
There's no who? why? what? or when?
You get out if you've got the gripe
To see, Doktor Dyper, reformed sniper - he'll whip off your
windscreenwiper"
Rael:
John and I are able
To face the Doktor and his marble table.
The Doktor:
Understand Rael, that's the end of your tail.
Rael:
"Don't delay, dock the dick!"
I watch his countdown timer tick....
He places the number into a tube,
It's a yellow plastic "shoobedoobe".
It says: "Though your fingers may tickle
You'll be safe in our pickle."
Suddenly, black cloud come down from the sky.
It's a supersized black bird that sure can fly...
The raven brings
on darkness and night
He flies right down, gives me one hell of a fright.
He take the tube right out of my hands
Man, I've got to find out where that black bird lands.
Rael:
"Look here John, I've got to run
I need you now, you going to come?"
He says to me:
John:
"Now can't you see
Where the raven flies there's jeopardy.
We've been cured on the couch
Now you're sick with your grouch.
I'll not risk my honey pouch
Which my slouch will wear slung very low."
Rael:
He walks away and leaves me once again.
Even though I never learn,
I'd hoped he'd show just some concern.
I'm in the agony of Slipperpain
I pray my undercarriage will sustain.
The chase is on, the pace is hot
But I'm running so very hard with everything that I've got.
He leads me down an underpass
Though it narrows, he still flies very fast,
When the tunnel stops
Catch sight of the tube, just as it drops.
I'm on top of a bank too steep to climb
I see it hit the water just in time
to watch it float away...
Leaving by the same door from which he had come in, he
finds some sort of freaks ghetto on the other side. When they
catch sight of him, the entire street of distorted figures
burst into laughter. One of the colony approaches him.
He is grotesque in every feature, a mixture of ugly lumps
and stumps. His lips slip across his chin as he smiles in
welcome and offers his slippery handshake.
Rael is a little disillusioned, when the Slipperman reveals
that the entire colony have one-by-one been through the same
glorious romantic tragedy with the same three Lamia, who regenerate
themselves every time, and that now Rael shares their physical
appearance and shadowy fate.
Amongst the contorted faces of the Slippermen, Rael recognises
what is left of his brother John. They hug each other.
John bitterly explains that the entire life of the Slipperman
is devoted to satisfying the never-ending hunger of the senses,
which has been inherited from the Lamia. There is only one
escape route; a dreaded visit to the notorious Doktor Dyper
who will remove the source of the problems, or to put it less
politely, castrate.
They discuss the deceptively-named escape for a long time
and decide to go together to visit the Doktor.
They survive the ordeal and are presented with the offensive
weapons in sterile yellow plastic tubes, with gold chains.
"People usually wear them around their necks," said the Doktor
handing them over. "The operation does not necessarily exclude
use of the facility again, for short periods, but of course
when you want it you must provide us with considerable advance
warning."
As the brothers talk themselves through their new predicament,
a big black raven flies into the cave, swoops down, grabs
Rael's tube right out of his hands and carries it up into
the air in his beak.
Rael calls for John to go with him.
And he replies "I will not chase a black raven. Down here
you must read and obey the omens. There's disaster where the
raven flies."
So once more John deserts his brother.
The bird leads Rael down a narrow tunnel, he seems to be
allowing him to keep at a closed distance. But as Rael thinks
he might almost catch hold of the bird, the tunnel opens and
finishes at an enormous subterranean ravine. Casually, the
raven drops his precious load into the rushing waters at the
bottom. It's enough to drive a poor boy ravin' mad.
Seeing the dangers of the steep cliff, our courageous hero
stands impotent and glowers.
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