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"The Mad Man And The Seven Demons" by Collins10(m): 10:37am On Jan 09, 2018 |
The mad man told me he has seven demons in him. He had a stunningly wonderful diction. I stared at him. He sat on the bench and put his arms around me. I froze. He was bare, with just a tattered pair of trousers on. He was smelling horribly. I wanted to leave my seat and my unfinished bottle of coke, but my butt was seemingly glued to the seat. The mad man grabbed my bottle of coke and finished it in a gulp. Then he took the meat- pie from my right hand and pushed it into his mouth. Then he continued: "These seven demons need to be fed by two means. Either by food, or by anger. When I don't get enough food to satisfy them, they push me into anger. I do lots of terrible things and I can't stop until they are satisfied." He laughed hysterically. I looked at his face. His eyes had bags under them. His thick bushy beards tangled with dirt. I looked away from his face. The woman who tended the kiosk made an attempt to ask him to leave, but a long dirty glare at her made her retreat. Mad man turned to me: "Why aren't you saying anything to me,my friend? Why don't you want to talk to me? You think I am not worth your time? You think I am mad? You choke yourself with this thing you call tie every morning, even against your own wish, and you think I am mad?" I glanced at my wristwatch in desperation. I didn't want to believe his demonic tales. He is a mad man afterall. That is how they behave. Time was going. He continued: "Don't be in a hurry, my friend. I need more food. The last demon in me is the fiercest and it needs to be satisfied. If it doesn't, a lot of things go wrong. I attack people. I harm myself until the demons are all satisfied." Just then, my Boss' call entered. I wrenched the mad man's hand off my shoulders, threw the money for the drink at the kiosk owner and hurried away without waiting for the change. My shirt was already in a mess. A week later, I saw his corpse lying on one side of the road. The story was that he ran into the front of an oncoming vehicle and was crushed. I took one long look at him and wondered if his story about demons and anger was true. |
Re: "The Mad Man And The Seven Demons" by Nobody: 12:02pm On Jan 09, 2018 |
Nice one.. Shey e don finish.? Why do you killed the mad man like that na |
Re: "The Mad Man And The Seven Demons" by hidhrhis(m): 2:23pm On Jan 09, 2018 |
sometimes dis mad ppl speak the truth |
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