Tag Archives: prison

An Interesting Case

Posted on February 2, 2012 by johnbrucecairns

Yesterday I was shaking with anger at a letter from John in prison. He ‘proved’ I hadn’t sent him money as asked, though he’d already thanked me for it as a godsend, and on this hook he hung abandonment – … Continue reading →

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Dei Ex Machina?

Posted on January 12, 2012 by johnbrucecairns

I was cooking lunch when there was a knock at the door I opened. A burly man, with another burly man and yet another behind, said he was a policeman, showing me a badge, put his foot across the door … Continue reading →

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Case Study

Posted on January 9, 2012 by johnbrucecairns

When John’s dad died, his mother, sisters, even his grandmother rejected him, he told me in bed. The people who accepted him were criminals, thus his criminality. “Why on earth,” I asked, “did you choose me, who’ve never had a … Continue reading →

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Bad Feeling

Posted on January 5, 2012 by johnbrucecairns

I’d told Diana I’d go with her to court at Lavender Hill. I told John I’d be going and to come home early for me to go early to bed. He came home drunk and after ten isn’t early. When … Continue reading →

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After the Fall The Fall Out

Posted on December 28, 2011 by johnbrucecairns

Greg came in the morning to ask me to supper. I hadn’t seen Greg since the beginning of the year because we’d both been preoccupied by other people. I asked if John could come. I didn’t know how much Greg … Continue reading →

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Suicide in the Bathroom

Posted on December 19, 2011 by johnbrucecairns

John asked why he was thinking night before of killing himself in the bathroom. I didn’t know. He didn’t, he said, because it wouldn’t be fair on me, who was asleep at the time and when I got up to … Continue reading →

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Deus ex Machina

Posted on November 28, 2011 by johnbrucecairns

I was buzzed by the police. I asked was it all right for me to come down for them to identify themselves at the outside door. A badge was shown by the man. In the stairwell I was asked by … Continue reading →

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John’s Job

Posted on November 4, 2011 by johnbrucecairns

John came back at night with a job, provisionally, as a landlady’s handyman if he satisfactorily finished off the room he was given to clean, paint, repair cupboards of and plumbing to by next day. This was good news in … Continue reading →

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Damoclean Sword

Posted on October 17, 2011 by johnbrucecairns

John’s taken to coming back to go out with me at night, the ostensible premiss being he might be taken at any time and returned to prison where he’d commit suicide. He’d wanted to see Tower Bridge. He’d also wanted … Continue reading →

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Shoplifter Shop Lifted

Posted on September 26, 2011 by johnbrucecairns

John had reverted to shoplifting. He has after all a habit again to feed till the Subitex comes. He gave me £10 because I’d said once he was working I might give Quentin £10 a week. I didn’t see why … Continue reading →

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