THE DOC READS DELUNA | ''The Mall Mommy''

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well my dear<font color="#CCCCCC"> friends tonight's story</font> scared the<font color="#CCCCCC"> livin hell out of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me is one</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of those that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> really taps into those</font> primal<font color="#E5E5E5"> childhood fears that so many of</font> us have<font color="#E5E5E5"> I can't wait for you to listen</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to this one I really</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> can't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and well you</font> know<font color="#E5E5E5"> what he gets even better because</font> tonight's author<font color="#E5E5E5"> chica de Luna</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he's</font> offering you a free copy of<font color="#E5E5E5"> his book all</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you have to do is head over to his</font> website<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sign up and you'll get a</font> free copy of<font color="#E5E5E5"> black eyes absolutely well</font> worth it I tell<font color="#E5E5E5"> you now my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> dear friends</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">it's Friday we've made it to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the weekend</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you know what to do</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sit back and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">relax with your favorite drink because</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it's time to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> listen</font> [Music] <font color="#CCCCCC">I remember the day I got lost at the</font> mall<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was only</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> six at the time and I'm</font> 36 now with a wife and<font color="#E5E5E5"> three kids</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you'd</font> think I would<font color="#E5E5E5"> have forgotten all about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that child incident but something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sky</font> you for life<font color="#E5E5E5"> doesn't matter how</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> old you</font> grow or how many responsibilities you heap on your shoulders the nightmares you<font color="#E5E5E5"> experience in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">childhoods are</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the ones that affect you</font> the most<font color="#E5E5E5"> because you'll never forget how</font> small and insignificant they made you feel<font color="#E5E5E5"> at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I've never been back to</font> a mall<font color="#E5E5E5"> not since I was six and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I won't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">let my kids so much</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as set foot</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in one</font> my<font color="#E5E5E5"> wife may well she's used to my</font> eccentricities<font color="#CCCCCC"> by now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">beginning she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> couldn't figure it out it</font> seemed at<font color="#CCCCCC"> times we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would doom to break</font> up on that issue<font color="#E5E5E5"> alone so one day just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for the sake of our</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> relationship I sat</font> her down<font color="#E5E5E5"> and told her about that long</font> ago day<font color="#E5E5E5"> when I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 6 years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> old</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I got</font> lost at the mall<font color="#CCCCCC"> I hated the cinema</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'll</font> tell you that<font color="#CCCCCC"> right off the bat</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I hated</font> the entire mall<font color="#CCCCCC"> but I hated the cinema</font> most of all<font color="#E5E5E5"> it sat right on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> topmost</font> level it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the smallest</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> malls 5</font> levels and there was just enough<font color="#E5E5E5"> room</font> for a<font color="#CCCCCC"> fast-food place</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on one side of the</font> escalator<font color="#CCCCCC"> and the cinema on the other</font> that was<font color="#E5E5E5"> it if you look through the</font> railings on the fifth level you could see the other<font color="#E5E5E5"> levels below you could see</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">all the way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> down to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ground floor of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the mall it was like a thousand foot</font> drop<font color="#CCCCCC"> to my six-year-old eyes I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> imagine</font> if<font color="#E5E5E5"> someone took a tumble over those</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">railings they'd fall for at least a week</font> the mall was<font color="#E5E5E5"> as big</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as a city block as</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">far</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> concerned and there were so</font> many people<font color="#E5E5E5"> filling it maybe millions</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">maybe more they were all rushing about</font> making a weird buzzing sound that<font color="#CCCCCC"> only</font> translated<font color="#E5E5E5"> into actual words when they</font> passed really<font color="#E5E5E5"> close to me sometimes</font> people smiled at me<font color="#E5E5E5"> but mostly everyone</font> just looked hot and<font color="#CCCCCC"> bothered</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and if they</font> had kids<font color="#E5E5E5"> with them</font> those kids were likely to<font color="#CCCCCC"> look hot and</font> bothered<font color="#CCCCCC"> too I hated them all I hated</font> the hustle and bustle<font color="#CCCCCC"> it scared me and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> scared to death</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I become separated</font> from<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mother</font> and then I'd have<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> find a more cop to</font> help<font color="#E5E5E5"> me find her mom told me I wasn't at</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">or to anyone else</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> no matter</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how friendly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they looked</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I wondered why I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't</font> allowed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to talk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to anyone else were they</font> dangerous<font color="#CCCCCC"> would they kidnap me there's</font> everyone<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the whole</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> world a kidnapper</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">no</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> everyone except mall cops mall cops</font> would help me find my mommy<font color="#CCCCCC"> again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all</font> this advice gave them all an extra dimension of threat<font color="#CCCCCC"> I developed an</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">unhealthy paranoia as I clutched</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mom's</font> hand<font color="#E5E5E5"> and peered fretfully around at all</font> the strangers rushing past<font color="#CCCCCC"> mom's hand</font> was a lifeline<font color="#CCCCCC"> in a raging sea of</font> potential kidnappers<font color="#E5E5E5"> one wrong</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> move and</font> I'd be snatched up<font color="#E5E5E5"> and carried off never</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to be seen again mom was pretty</font> relentless<font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her shopping she</font> searched along dragging me behind<font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and people made way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for her without</font> really thinking about<font color="#E5E5E5"> it she had a</font> formidable<font color="#E5E5E5"> presence a rolling momentum a</font> consumer<font color="#E5E5E5"> key that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> built up all week</font> long<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then released in a sudden blind</font> splurge<font color="#E5E5E5"> every Saturday afternoon</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> when</font> she<font color="#CCCCCC"> hit the mall now shopping all done</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">we would inevitably end up at the</font> topmost level<font color="#E5E5E5"> eating fries and greasy</font> burgers opposite the movie theater<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> much as I enjoyed the<font color="#CCCCCC"> fast food I</font> couldn't turn<font color="#CCCCCC"> my eyes away from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">cavernous entrance to that cinema</font> it was sinister<font color="#CCCCCC"> they were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> these huge</font> glass doors<font color="#CCCCCC"> that always stood open</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you couldn't see too far beyond them</font> everything was<font color="#E5E5E5"> dark and red tinged and</font> there was the suggestion<font color="#E5E5E5"> of a kiosk way</font> back in the darkness<font color="#E5E5E5"> which</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he couldn't</font> really make<font color="#CCCCCC"> it out and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> outside the</font> entrance<font color="#CCCCCC"> there were all these posters</font> advertising movies I was too<font color="#CCCCCC"> young to</font> see they used to sit munching on my fries<font color="#E5E5E5"> and staring at the cinema not</font> daring<font color="#CCCCCC"> to take my eyes off</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it because I</font> was convinced<font color="#E5E5E5"> there were all manners of</font> ghosts and<font color="#E5E5E5"> bogeyman lurking in the dark</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">cavity beyond its doors watching me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">waiting for that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> single moment when I</font> grew<font color="#E5E5E5"> careless and glanced</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> away and then</font> they'd<font color="#CCCCCC"> have me by</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> God they could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> move in</font> a twinkling<font color="#E5E5E5"> he could move in a blink of</font> an eye grabbing me out of my seat and <font color="#CCCCCC">hauling me off to the cinema before I</font> could draw breath to scream<font color="#CCCCCC"> mom</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wouldn't</font> notice<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was gone not until she'd</font> finished the<font color="#E5E5E5"> chapter in the romance</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> know</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">all she was currently reading by then it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">would be too late</font> I would have been swallowed<font color="#E5E5E5"> up by</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">whatever monster festered in the bowels</font> of that movie theater<font color="#CCCCCC"> I hardly ever saw</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">anyone come out of that cinema or go</font> into<font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> the people who made<font color="#CCCCCC"> it to the summit of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the mall were more interested in the</font> food<font color="#E5E5E5"> and entertainment and the burger</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">place was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> always busy but the cinema was</font> always silent<font color="#CCCCCC"> and hungry and resentful</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">watching me with his red tinge and mouth</font> stretched wide and whisperings me <font color="#E5E5E5">hey Jeremy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> come on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> over here little man</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">come and see the grown-up films come and</font> see<font color="#CCCCCC"> all the good stuff your mom won't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">notice you God you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all be back before</font> she<font color="#E5E5E5"> misses you come on over</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Jeremy</font> come see<font color="#CCCCCC"> all this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stuff they won't let</font> you see<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> huh</font> I wasn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> tempted for a second</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I knew</font> that voice<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was the same</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> voice that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">came creeping out of my closet when I</font> was alone at night<font color="#E5E5E5"> or whispered to me</font> from under the bed<font color="#E5E5E5"> every six-year-old</font> knows of<font color="#CCCCCC"> that Royce</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but unlike other</font> six-year-olds<font color="#E5E5E5"> I knew whether bogeyman</font> really lived<font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> found his eternal nest</font> and it was the cinema<font color="#E5E5E5"> at the very top of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">them more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dreaded that place</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had</font> nightmares about<font color="#E5E5E5"> that place</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was an</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">only child and mum pretty much had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> no</font> choice but to<font color="#E5E5E5"> take me to the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> moor with</font> her but I used to kick up such a fuss<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> used to cry<font color="#E5E5E5"> and throw tantrums and plead</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with her not</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to take me until</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> eventually</font> she bribed me with<font color="#CCCCCC"> a promise</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to buy</font> something nice<font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the toy shop</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if I</font> was a good<font color="#E5E5E5"> little soldier and gave her</font> my word<font color="#CCCCCC"> I behaved</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so I gave her my word</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because in a kid's mind a brand-new toy</font> outweighs all manner of evil<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I went</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">along</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a good</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> little</font> soldier<font color="#E5E5E5"> and so she'd reward me by buying</font> me a toy and<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's the way it went</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">until</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one day everything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> changed</font> mum was particularly frosted that day <font color="#E5E5E5">she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> down a route</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with dad earlier</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the</font> day and he'd slashed her shopping<font color="#CCCCCC"> budget</font> as I'd like<font color="#E5E5E5"> to learn so she was</font> particularly crabby<font color="#E5E5E5"> no hint of Jeremy be</font> a good boy<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I'll buy you a toy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font> basically Jeremy you behave<font color="#E5E5E5"> or I'll give</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you the hiding of your life she was</font> wearing a blue nail varnish<font color="#CCCCCC"> somehow I'd</font> worked it out<font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my head that mums moods</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">correspond</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> colour of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the nail</font> varnish she wore<font color="#E5E5E5"> red was when she was at</font> her most generous<font color="#CCCCCC"> Green</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when she was in</font> a hyper busy mood and had no time for <font color="#E5E5E5">nonsense blue and she was mad as hell</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and you better watch out</font> today was a blue<font color="#E5E5E5"> nail varnish day we</font> were on<font color="#CCCCCC"> a whirlwind tour of the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shops</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">working our way up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the topmost level</font> like we usually<font color="#E5E5E5"> did I was scuttling</font> after<font color="#CCCCCC"> mom</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my short legs trying to keep</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pace with her she wasn't holding my hand</font> today she was grasping too many bags and trying to steer a shopping cart at the same time<font color="#E5E5E5"> so I was pretty much expected</font> to keep up with<font color="#CCCCCC"> her I did a good job of</font> it until<font color="#CCCCCC"> we reached the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> third level that</font> was the<font color="#CCCCCC"> level with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the toy shop</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I knew</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">mum was in a bad mood so I didn't dare</font> ask<font color="#E5E5E5"> her if she was gonna buy me at all</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but when she swept past the toy shop on</font> the way to the supermarkets<font color="#E5E5E5"> she showed</font> no signs of<font color="#CCCCCC"> slowing down I couldn't help</font> feeling<font color="#E5E5E5"> a pang</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> deep belonging my head</font> twisting<font color="#CCCCCC"> around on my shoulders my eyes</font> invariably drawn to the shop my feet slowing<font color="#E5E5E5"> and faltering oh my god</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they had</font> the new<font color="#CCCCCC"> Transformer figures in the</font> display windows lined up like artifacts from another<font color="#E5E5E5"> dimension</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all the Autobots</font> were there Optimus<font color="#E5E5E5"> Prime</font> sideswipe sunstreaker hound prowl Mirage Wheeljack ratchet Ironhide<font color="#E5E5E5"> a bumblebee</font> he<font color="#CCCCCC"> brawn Hoffa</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Cliffjumper</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> blue</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> streak I</font> was overwhelmed<font color="#E5E5E5"> by this sudden avalanche</font> of stimulus my<font color="#CCCCCC"> six year old reigning</font> slow<font color="#E5E5E5"> Hadji astok meltdown</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I glanced back</font> briefly<font color="#CCCCCC"> a mom</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she was heading straight</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the supermarket I knew where she</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was I could catch up with her anytime</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> liked all I wanted to<font color="#E5E5E5"> do was stand in</font> front of<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> display window and bask in</font> the glory<font color="#CCCCCC"> that was the Hasbro 1985</font> transformer toy line<font color="#CCCCCC"> I mean</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they were</font> practically<font color="#E5E5E5"> two toys in one</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I stared myself dizzy absorbing every</font> detail<font color="#E5E5E5"> of those toys my face</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> squashed up</font> against the window so hard I practically <font color="#E5E5E5">turned my nose inside out and still I</font> couldn't get enough<font color="#CCCCCC"> I wanted to touch</font> them<font color="#E5E5E5"> and Stroke them and COO over them</font> if only<font color="#CCCCCC"> I could somehow reach through</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that glass and pick one up just hold it</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> a second</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I swore I'd work in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a toy</font> shop when I grew up<font color="#E5E5E5"> that never again be</font> a barrier between me<font color="#E5E5E5"> and my favorite</font> toys<font color="#CCCCCC"> I could play with him all day long</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">can the shop would even</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> let me take them</font> home<font color="#CCCCCC"> at night it was a perfect job right</font> up there<font color="#E5E5E5"> with sweet shop owner hey</font> Jeremy<font color="#CCCCCC"> you want to come play with us</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I looked around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a straightaway noticed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this kid</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was standing close</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> smiling in a friendly enough kind of way he had tousled brown hair and<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">little taller than me</font> he was wearing an Empire Strikes Back t-shirts<font color="#E5E5E5"> the kind of promotional t-shirt</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">needed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to get in the foyer of any cinema</font> when the movie was<font color="#E5E5E5"> out a few years prior</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> want to play</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he inquired</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> yet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I shook</font> my<font color="#E5E5E5"> head I'm with my mom I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> said I asked</font> you bad so the kid is<font color="#E5E5E5"> he wiped his</font> sleeve<font color="#CCCCCC"> across his</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> notes we got all the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">new Transformer toys we got</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font> they even<font color="#E5E5E5"> came</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out in the shops</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> friend's<font color="#E5E5E5"> dad works in that place</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> makes the<font color="#E5E5E5"> toys so he gets all the latest</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">stuff I was instantly</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> entranced which</font> was have you got I asked all<font color="#CCCCCC"> of them</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Autobots Decepticons Dinobots</font> we even got<font color="#CCCCCC"> go BOTS</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Buster kind</font> of crappy I said<font color="#CCCCCC"> we kid laughed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah he</font> said we hardly<font color="#CCCCCC"> ever play</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> want to<font color="#E5E5E5"> come see which ones we got</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> grew doubtful again<font color="#CCCCCC"> I turned</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to look in</font> the direction<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the supermarket</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> which mom had vanished as if reading<font color="#E5E5E5"> my mind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the kid said come</font> on<font color="#E5E5E5"> we'll be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back before your mom knows</font> you're gone<font color="#E5E5E5"> my friend the kid gave me</font> this look<font color="#CCCCCC"> like I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a scaredy cat or</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something he want to see the toys right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> demanded</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I nodded so calm</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh I</font> drifted after him<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was in a daze</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all I</font> could<font color="#CCCCCC"> think of were these Transformer</font> toys<font color="#E5E5E5"> the kid said he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> had them all even</font> Dinobots<font color="#E5E5E5"> which were pretty hard to come</font> by around<font color="#E5E5E5"> our way and I was hooked on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that promise I kept telling myself I'd</font> be<font color="#E5E5E5"> super quick just one peek this kids</font> toys and then I'd be<font color="#CCCCCC"> back at mom's side</font> and she wouldn't even know<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'd bingo it</font> was a perfect plan as<font color="#CCCCCC"> far as my</font> six-year-old mind was concerned it<font color="#CCCCCC"> never</font> occurred to<font color="#E5E5E5"> me to ask where the kid kept</font> all<font color="#CCCCCC"> his toys I naturally assumed he</font> lived in the mall with<font color="#E5E5E5"> his folks I'd</font> come to that conclusion long ago but <font color="#E5E5E5">people</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> actually lived in the mall and</font> did their<font color="#E5E5E5"> shopping there every</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> day</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> all<font color="#E5E5E5"> the staff lived in those little</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">houses hidden behind the shops they</font> worked in and that's why they always disappeared through back doors that no one else was<font color="#E5E5E5"> allowed to go through hmm</font> I felt<font color="#E5E5E5"> pretty honored this kid was</font> letting me see where he lived I'd secretly been aching to<font color="#CCCCCC"> see</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one of</font> those little more houses I knew were hidden<font color="#E5E5E5"> everywhere he kept chatting to me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about the various toys he had he chatted</font> really fast<font color="#E5E5E5"> and it was really funny</font> he made me smile a lot he<font color="#E5E5E5"> had an easy</font> way about him I guess you could say <font color="#E5E5E5">that's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> still at the back of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my mind I</font> got this nagging<font color="#CCCCCC"> feeling something just</font> wasn't right<font color="#E5E5E5"> where are your parents</font> I asked<font color="#E5E5E5"> the kid do you live with them no</font> no he laughed<font color="#E5E5E5"> as though that should have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">been obvious I'm a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> market</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I was</font> intrigued by<font color="#CCCCCC"> that phrase what's a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mall</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">kid</font> asked he shrugged<font color="#CCCCCC"> where</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> everywhere he</font> said all<font color="#E5E5E5"> the places grown-ups don't care</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to look he swept his arm</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around to</font> suggest I should<font color="#E5E5E5"> go ahead and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> take a</font> look<font color="#CCCCCC"> for myself I glanced around</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wondering</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what he was on about and at</font> first I saw nothing just people dashing about<font color="#E5E5E5"> the way they</font> always did<font color="#E5E5E5"> but slowly inexorably</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I saw</font> them like mirages<font color="#E5E5E5"> appearing out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> sweltering<font color="#CCCCCC"> heat of the desert</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and it was</font> just like the<font color="#CCCCCC"> kids said</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they were</font> children everywhere<font color="#CCCCCC"> I just never noticed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">them before small kids and older kids</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hanging</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out in ones and twos</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and in much</font> larger groups<font color="#E5E5E5"> scampering around and</font> playing tag and<font color="#E5E5E5"> racing each other up and</font> down the<font color="#CCCCCC"> escalators</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or squatting in</font> display windows and<font color="#E5E5E5"> making ridiculous</font> faces as the adults passing by and there were others sallow-faced kids<font color="#CCCCCC"> lurking in</font> the alleys between<font color="#E5E5E5"> shops and they were</font> all staring<font color="#CCCCCC"> at me they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> were smiling</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">smiled back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but I was a little spooked</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> couldn't figure out where<font color="#CCCCCC"> all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> these kids</font> had come from<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'd never noticed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">before and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they weren't with their</font> parents at least not as far<font color="#CCCCCC"> as I could</font> see but<font color="#CCCCCC"> they look</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> regular kids</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not</font> like they'd run<font color="#CCCCCC"> away from home or</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something more kids live the best life</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the kid talk they get all the best stuff</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">no parents to worry about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> stay up as</font> late as they like<font color="#E5E5E5"> watch all the grown-up</font> movies<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's like your birthday everyday</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and I was pretty</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> impressed when I heard</font> this I thought<font color="#CCCCCC"> it would be a mighty fine</font> thing<font color="#E5E5E5"> if I became a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mall kid as</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> well so</font> I went<font color="#E5E5E5"> ahead</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in hours</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how do you become</font> a mall kid in the hope that becoming<font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> mall kid was<font color="#CCCCCC"> easier</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't require any</font> exams<font color="#CCCCCC"> oh</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you have to lose your parents</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">said the kid matter of fact you hide</font> until you pronounce stop looking<font color="#CCCCCC"> for you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that you can</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> come out to play</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">every day it's as simple as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that really</font> but where can<font color="#E5E5E5"> I hide</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> no the mall mommy</font> will help you hide<font color="#E5E5E5"> she looks after all</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the kids she's very nice</font> she gives us presents and makes up games to play<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> throws us birthday</font> parties all the<font color="#CCCCCC"> time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she's not like a</font> mommy at all<font color="#E5E5E5"> she's more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like your best</font> friend ever<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was intrigued where does</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she live I asked</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh I'll show</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you the</font> kid said she's not that far away she'll probably give you a present<font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font> loves meeting new<font color="#E5E5E5"> kids I was pleased to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hear this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I hurried to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> keep up with a</font> kid still staring<font color="#CCCCCC"> up at children around</font> me<font color="#E5E5E5"> wondering how I could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> possibly have</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">missed them all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this time there are so</font> many of them the young ones chasing <font color="#CCCCCC">around and playing tag and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> jumping on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">each other</font> the old ones<font color="#E5E5E5"> talking to each other in</font> muted tones<font color="#E5E5E5"> staring at me and smiling</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what's your name</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I asked the kid</font> Dave said the kid<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm seven</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how old are</font> you six I said<font color="#E5E5E5"> you're quite big</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> six said</font> Dave<font color="#CCCCCC"> I thought you were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seven or eight</font> at least I<font color="#CCCCCC"> realized now he was just</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">trying to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> flatter me but other time I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">believe Dave and I swirled a little with</font> pride<font color="#E5E5E5"> thinking I could easily pass for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">AIDS</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but I was old enough to be a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mall</font> kid<font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't need mom telling me what</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ties I could or couldn't have we were</font> heading across<font color="#E5E5E5"> the third level concourse</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">past the food stands and the promotional</font> booths<font color="#CCCCCC"> and there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> were crowds everywhere</font> queuing up for<font color="#E5E5E5"> special offers</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in free</font> product samples and there are people <font color="#CCCCCC">sitting in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our fresco restaurants</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">families</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and couples</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and the odd loner</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> even sitting still eating they all</font> looked like<font color="#E5E5E5"> they were in a hurry like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they wanted nothing better than to hurl</font> themselves back<font color="#E5E5E5"> into the fray</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to get</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that last must-have item before someone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">else got to be at first but strangely</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">enough the more kids seemed to exist in</font> their own reality<font color="#E5E5E5"> none of the grown-ups</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">pay them any attention</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> when they</font> were racing in and out amongst them nobody<font color="#E5E5E5"> seemed bothered that there were</font> loads<font color="#CCCCCC"> of kids</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> everywhere and no adult to</font> keep him under<font color="#E5E5E5"> control</font> no one<font color="#CCCCCC"> even seemed to notice</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> something</font> had the kids<font color="#E5E5E5"> laughing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hooting swept</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">around the grown-ups and float between</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">them in a way I can't quite describe the</font> way a<font color="#E5E5E5"> river flows between</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> rocks</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the way</font> air flows<font color="#CCCCCC"> through the tangled branches</font> of a forest<font color="#E5E5E5"> and even today</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I struggle to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">exactly describe these phenomena the</font> children didn't collide with the shoppers they simply bent<font color="#CCCCCC"> around them</font> not physically not tangibly<font color="#CCCCCC"> but in a way</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that baffled the senses</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> It was as though</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">reality itself was bending and warping</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">as though the shoppers were printed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font> one strip<font color="#E5E5E5"> of film and the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mall kids</font> printed on another and<font color="#E5E5E5"> although the two</font> strips<font color="#E5E5E5"> were running alongside each other</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they weren't actually</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> interacting</font> we were moving<font color="#CCCCCC"> up the escalator to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fourth floor there were more kids</font> staring<font color="#E5E5E5"> at me as they rode down the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">escalator</font> some of them waved and smiled<font color="#CCCCCC"> prompting</font> me to<font color="#E5E5E5"> wave</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back I felt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> good I felt like</font> the other<font color="#E5E5E5"> kids had already accepted me</font> as<font color="#CCCCCC"> one of their own</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and to an only child</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that was immensely important I was going</font> to be a more kid<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was gonna have</font> birthday parties every day wouldn't that be a fine<font color="#CCCCCC"> thing I may have</font> felt<font color="#CCCCCC"> twinges of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> doubt as I moved even</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">further</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> away from my mother but I no</font> longer remember it was so long<font color="#E5E5E5"> ago</font> sometimes I recall things one way and <font color="#E5E5E5">sometimes I recall them another and I do</font> remember<font color="#E5E5E5"> that kid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Dave</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> talking all the</font> way<font color="#E5E5E5"> telling me how great life was as a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">more kid how there were no school</font> lessons<font color="#E5E5E5"> or tests or boring homework and</font> how you could watch the TV switch off windows<font color="#E5E5E5"> because they were always on and</font> they displayed all the channels hundreds maybe even thousands of<font color="#E5E5E5"> channels</font> including<font color="#E5E5E5"> 24-hour cartoon channels</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> watched as a couple of<font color="#CCCCCC"> mold kids slid</font> down the<font color="#E5E5E5"> handrails on the opposite</font> escalator<font color="#E5E5E5"> laughing and shrieking as they</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">went and I was amazed how everyone</font> ignored<font color="#E5E5E5"> usually grown-ups got really mad</font> when kids fooled<font color="#CCCCCC"> around like that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now</font> these kids<font color="#E5E5E5"> seem to do whatever they</font> wanted<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was excited I wanted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to join in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I wanted to slide all the way from the</font> top<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the escalator to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the bottom I</font> ride<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mall train for free</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or steal</font> those cupcakes with icing that<font color="#E5E5E5"> they sold</font> on the<font color="#CCCCCC"> first level the world was filled</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with sudden and unexpected possibilities</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">oh to be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a market I thought must be the</font> best thing<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> world</font> way better than<font color="#E5E5E5"> working in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the candy</font> shop<font color="#E5E5E5"> or even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a toy shop because when you</font> were a mall kid<font color="#E5E5E5"> you didn't have to work</font> at all<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you got all your candy and</font> toys<font color="#E5E5E5"> for free we changed escalators and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">now we were heading up towards the fifth</font> floor<font color="#E5E5E5"> the highest level in the mall</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> that's when I started<font color="#CCCCCC"> having some</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">serious</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hey I said where are we going to see the</font> mall mommy said Dave<font color="#E5E5E5"> as though it was no</font> big thing hey you should see<font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> place</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around</font> Christmas he declared Santa Claus<font color="#E5E5E5"> is here and</font> there are so many<font color="#E5E5E5"> presents you can even</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">open</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them all before next Christmas</font> comes around<font color="#E5E5E5"> where's the more mommy I</font> asked Dave shrugged in the<font color="#CCCCCC"> cinema</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> said she's waiting<font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you he's really</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">excited to see</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you Jim but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> yuphoria</font> was wearing arms got<font color="#E5E5E5"> a transfer to be</font> replaced by a deep one of<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> landings</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fear</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't want to go to the cinema</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">not for any number</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of Transformer toys</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and I told Dave this I told him I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wasn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">going to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cinema because my mommy</font> would get angry<font color="#CCCCCC"> but he just laughed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">said I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was being silly that the mall</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mummy</font> would be my new mom<font color="#E5E5E5"> that she was the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">best mommy a kid could ever have I said</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> maybe so but I still</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wanted to go</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">back to my real</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mum</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because she was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">gonna be mad</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me if</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I went</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the</font> cinema on<font color="#E5E5E5"> my own but you're not on your</font> own Jeremy<font color="#E5E5E5"> Dave said you're with me he</font> gave<font color="#E5E5E5"> me a disappointed look don't you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">want to be a market sure I do</font> I said but even as I<font color="#E5E5E5"> said this I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">peering up the escalator with the little</font> wings of dread fluttering around<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> heart he could have been my imagination <font color="#E5E5E5">but it seemed the higher we traveled the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dimmer the light was getting and a deep</font> chill was creeping into the<font color="#E5E5E5"> air I turned</font> and peered down the escalator<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I was</font> startled to<font color="#E5E5E5"> see dozens of more kids</font> standing<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the escalator below me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">blocking my escape route</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and smiling up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at me you'll see</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Dave was saying the</font> more mommy looks<font color="#CCCCCC"> after all the kids that</font> get lost in the mall I'm not lost<font color="#CCCCCC"> I insisted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Dave glared down</font> at me<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I noticed his eyes were</font> glowing<font color="#E5E5E5"> bright as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the Sun dazzled</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pennies yes you are</font> he said you're like<font color="#CCCCCC"> us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Jeremy you don't</font> have parents<font color="#CCCCCC"> anymore</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they searched for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you for days but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they couldn't find you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so they gave up they had a new child</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they moved on now you're a lost kid a</font> dead kid<font color="#CCCCCC"> a forgotten kid and only the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mall</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mommy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> loves you you're lying</font> I shouted<font color="#CCCCCC"> I know where</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my mommy is and</font> she's gonna come look for me<font color="#E5E5E5"> if I don't</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">get</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back real soon</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I turned</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to start</font> down the<font color="#E5E5E5"> escalator but Dave reached out</font> and grabbed me by the arm<font color="#E5E5E5"> his fingers</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">were cold and sharp and they pierced my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">skin like little shards of glass come</font> and meet<font color="#E5E5E5"> the mall mommy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he said and his</font> voice<font color="#E5E5E5"> had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> changed it sounded syrupy and</font> thick and not at all<font color="#E5E5E5"> like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the voice of a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">little boy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and turning I was horrified</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to see Dave's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> features shimmering and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">melting allowing me to glimpse for a</font> moment<font color="#E5E5E5"> something dark and rotten hiding</font> beneath the skin<font color="#E5E5E5"> let me go I cried he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">tightened his grip</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and more</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mommy has so</font> many<font color="#E5E5E5"> gifts to give you he hissed</font> she's the only<font color="#E5E5E5"> mommy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you'll</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ever need</font> Jeremy<font color="#E5E5E5"> she's not my mommy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I screamed as</font> I struggled<font color="#CCCCCC"> with him I don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> want to</font> meet her let me go but<font color="#E5E5E5"> the kids behind</font> me<font color="#E5E5E5"> will whispering she wants to meet</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Jeremy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she's such a good mommy she's the</font> best mommy the best mommy<font color="#CCCCCC"> Dave</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was dragging me the</font> rest of the way<font color="#CCCCCC"> up the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> escalator</font> a very best mommy and boy could<font color="#CCCCCC"> ever</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hair in staring past him I saw the top</font> of the escalator<font color="#CCCCCC"> was swimming in</font> darkness so gloomy I could barely see the cinema<font color="#E5E5E5"> or the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fast-food restaurant</font> but<font color="#CCCCCC"> I could sense something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> waiting for</font> me up there<font color="#E5E5E5"> it gave off waves of malice</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and corruption a sense of slow</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> crawling</font> evil<font color="#E5E5E5"> that sucked the light and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> warmth</font> out<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the air</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I moaned in terror</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I felt sluggish and disconnected the way</font> I felt<font color="#CCCCCC"> when I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was caught in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the treacle</font> thick folds of a<font color="#CCCCCC"> nightmare the entire</font> mall was concentrated into a capstone of <font color="#E5E5E5">darkness that swelled and billowed above</font> me the lights of the<font color="#E5E5E5"> cinema still</font> glowing<font color="#E5E5E5"> through the gloom</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the burger</font> restaurant displaying his brand colors yellow<font color="#CCCCCC"> and blue in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> broad fluorescent</font> strips<font color="#E5E5E5"> but everything else was lost in</font> those pungent cloying shadows please let me go<font color="#CCCCCC"> I stopped</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> please we'd reached the</font> top of<font color="#CCCCCC"> the escalator by this time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">dave was hauling me towards the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> yawning</font> mouth of the cinema<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I was fighting</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> screaming for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him to let</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the whole place was deserted they</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">weren't any grown-ups here and the other</font> mall kids were crowding behind me whispering<font color="#E5E5E5"> she loves you so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> much Jeremy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she wants to play with you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she wants to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">play with you forever</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">No dear God even today I struggle with</font> the memory of<font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> soupy feeling</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> absolute horror the</font> air is grainy as a black-and-white <font color="#CCCCCC">picture</font> drained of all life and vitality<font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> gloom giving way to an abysmal darkness that<font color="#E5E5E5"> yawn through the open doors</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> cinema the darkness so complete<font color="#CCCCCC"> it can</font> only be found at the back of<font color="#E5E5E5"> a child's</font> closet or under<font color="#CCCCCC"> his</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bed and out of that</font> darkness<font color="#E5E5E5"> the most dreadful voice issued</font> the most syrupy cloying imitation of a mother's voice and<font color="#E5E5E5"> even to my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> own shoot</font> it is it was a grotesque<font color="#E5E5E5"> travesty come</font> to me Jeremy<font color="#E5E5E5"> ax the voice used around me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like warm waves of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> licorice</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I've watched</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you for so long</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> dear child sitting and</font> eating with<font color="#E5E5E5"> your mother never coming</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> visit<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I've longed for you to come</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> visit me</font> I have such gifts to give you such choice to behold<font color="#E5E5E5"> such movies to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wash</font> back here in the dark<font color="#CCCCCC"> come sweet boy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">don't fight don't struggle mommy will</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">take care of everything but I did</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">struggle and I did fight and I bit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and sprat and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> screamed myself blue but</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Dave</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was way stronger</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> than me and the</font> cinema kept creeping<font color="#E5E5E5"> closer his doors</font> cracked<font color="#CCCCCC"> open like the sideways</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> smile of</font> a dead<font color="#CCCCCC"> man the darkness festering beyond</font> it<font color="#E5E5E5"> infinitely dark there would be no</font> returning<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the light once I was</font> dragged into that no memory of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the light</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nothing just the feel</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the more</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mummys</font> fingers creeping<font color="#CCCCCC"> over my flesh and her</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">voice crooning to me on waves of putrid</font> breath that's it Jeremy<font color="#E5E5E5"> just a little closer</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and then all your worries will be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> behind</font> you<font color="#CCCCCC"> oh dear dear child how I've longed</font> to hold<font color="#E5E5E5"> you in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> arms</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> that monstrosity holding me in<font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> arms</font> proved too much<font color="#CCCCCC"> for me</font> I reached<font color="#E5E5E5"> up in the extremes of my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">terror</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and jabbed my finger into Dave's</font> left eye as hard as I could he shrieked in pain and reeled<font color="#E5E5E5"> away from me his</font> hands clutching his face<font color="#E5E5E5"> and suddenly I</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> free</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> instantly I turned and raced</font> towards the down escalator<font color="#E5E5E5"> unnerved by</font> the shrieks of<font color="#E5E5E5"> their leader the other</font> more kids flinched away from me as I <font color="#CCCCCC">belt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> past and for an instant I saw</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> were no longer fresh-faced kids</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">their skin had become green and patchy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like rotting fish their eyes were milky</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and gray</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and their lips have been eaten</font> away by corruption<font color="#E5E5E5"> to reveal yellowing</font> teeth and gaping<font color="#E5E5E5"> sockets</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I barely had</font> time to<font color="#E5E5E5"> register this transformation</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> was barreling<font color="#CCCCCC"> down the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> escalator as fast</font> as my short legs could carry me<font color="#E5E5E5"> but too</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">slow too slow</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> behind me the mall mummy</font> was screaming with rage<font color="#E5E5E5"> and her voice</font> was dreadful to<font color="#E5E5E5"> hear come back here you</font> brat<font color="#CCCCCC"> don't you dare make me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> come after</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you I swear you'll regret</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it if I do a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">half-turn to see the mortgage scurrying</font> down the escalator after me like<font color="#E5E5E5"> a swarm</font> of rats<font color="#E5E5E5"> this site so frightened me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> scrambled up on the handrail<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> escalator<font color="#E5E5E5"> straddling it and holding on</font> tight<font color="#E5E5E5"> for a moment before letting go</font> down I slipped<font color="#E5E5E5"> faster</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> than I expected my</font> head<font color="#E5E5E5"> filled with noise and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> confusion and</font> the echoing screams of the<font color="#E5E5E5"> more money</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ya</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> eatin</font> now<font color="#E5E5E5"> you're for it now she shrieked</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you've done it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> now you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> little bastard</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I'm coming for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you now I am and I swear</font> I won't be sparing<font color="#CCCCCC"> the harmed I reached</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> bottom</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the escalator and glanced</font> up the mall kids were sliding<font color="#E5E5E5"> down the</font> hound rails after<font color="#E5E5E5"> me I knew I'd only</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">gained a tiny head start so I turned and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">slid all the way down the second</font> escalator and when I reached the third<font color="#E5E5E5"> level of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the mall</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I tore across</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the concourse as</font> though the hounds of<font color="#E5E5E5"> hell after me and I</font> shrieked and howled and<font color="#E5E5E5"> you'd have</font> expected<font color="#E5E5E5"> everyone to pay attention</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">little</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kid</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shrieking and howling in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> middle of a<font color="#E5E5E5"> shopping mall but no one</font> paid the slightest bit of<font color="#CCCCCC"> attention to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me</font> maybe they were blind<font color="#E5E5E5"> to me maybe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> somehow slipped into the more kids half world<font color="#E5E5E5"> and that's why no one could see</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font> I like to<font color="#E5E5E5"> think</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Matt was the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> reason</font> people ignored me that day<font color="#E5E5E5"> but they</font> couldn't physically<font color="#E5E5E5"> see me that I was</font> somehow invisible to them because the other explanation<font color="#E5E5E5"> the more rational</font> explanation scares<font color="#CCCCCC"> me even worse</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but no</font> one cares<font color="#CCCCCC"> but everyone was too busy</font> going after that<font color="#CCCCCC"> must-have last-minute</font> bargain<font color="#E5E5E5"> to spare a thought for some</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">little kid in distress the more kids</font> were pursuing<font color="#E5E5E5"> me through the crowds and</font> I changed direction<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I ran but they</font> appeared<font color="#CCCCCC"> ahead of me and all around</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">leering at me from between gaps in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">adult herd</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and they look like corpses</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like little dead corpses bloated and</font> rotting but I sunk deep in their skull <font color="#E5E5E5">come back you little bastard</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they hissed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">come back with us at once you've made</font> mommy angry<font color="#CCCCCC"> oh you're</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in so much</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> trouble</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you might as well come back now you're</font> only making things<font color="#E5E5E5"> worse for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> yourself</font> at last<font color="#E5E5E5"> I saw a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Marco</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that's all thin</font> black man in a peak can smiling at people<font color="#CCCCCC"> left and right as he sauntered</font> towards me<font color="#CCCCCC"> I ran straight up to him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">howling and wailing and clutching his</font> sleeve<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my immense relief</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he crouched</font> down and asked me what<font color="#E5E5E5"> was wrong had I</font> lost my mummy or something<font color="#E5E5E5"> no worries he</font> could send out an<font color="#CCCCCC"> announcement</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and she'd</font> know where I was and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I remember the</font> sound of his voice<font color="#E5E5E5"> so calm and soothing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even remember the smell of his Cologne</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I remember it more clearly than my</font> father's because I had been<font color="#E5E5E5"> invisible</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> had been dead<font color="#E5E5E5"> and it was like the mall</font> cop had reached down into<font color="#CCCCCC"> my death night</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">estate and snatched me out of it hmm</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it's okay little guy he said as he</font> started<font color="#E5E5E5"> speaking into his walkie-talkie</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">we're fetching</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> your mommy now but I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wouldn't let go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of his arm I clung to it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">still sobbing and wailing and peering</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">around me and to my immense relief I saw</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the more</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kids were fading away</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I could</font> still see them but they become indistinct like shadows new silhouettes creeping around<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> couldn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> see them at all</font> here you go<font color="#CCCCCC"> set</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them all go here's your</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">mom now I turned to see mom heading</font> towards<font color="#E5E5E5"> us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was about to rush to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but the mall cop suddenly gripped my</font> shoulder<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> held me in check hold on</font> kid he said I've<font color="#CCCCCC"> just gotta have a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> few</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> words</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> your mommy mom came up to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us</font> she looked furious<font color="#CCCCCC"> she was glaring at me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">like she wouldn't mind throttling me</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> in men</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and her mood only got worse</font> when the mall cop started lecturing her on the dangers of<font color="#CCCCCC"> letting a kid my age</font> out of<font color="#E5E5E5"> his sight the more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> cobblers old</font> enough to be my mom's dad<font color="#E5E5E5"> and he had a</font> paternal way about him that stopped mom in her tracks<font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font> stared resentfully at him but<font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font> listened quietly<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I could see her</font> hands clenching and unclenching<font color="#CCCCCC"> and her</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">jawline</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tightening like she was forcing</font> herself<font color="#E5E5E5"> not</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to retort I stared down at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">mom's hands</font> I watched them clenching and unclenching <font color="#E5E5E5">she was wearing yellow nail varnish I</font> found I'd never known<font color="#E5E5E5"> mom to wear yellow</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nail varnish</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before last time I'd seen</font> her she'd been<font color="#E5E5E5"> wearing blue nail varnish</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I tugged at the mall cops</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> arm but he</font> kept<font color="#E5E5E5"> on talking I tugged harder excuse</font> me<font color="#E5E5E5"> I said he glanced down at me that's</font> not my mom I<font color="#E5E5E5"> said why was that and more</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">cobbling to me she's not my mom I said</font> again<font color="#E5E5E5"> ah goodness sake</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Mumsnet</font> I've had enough of this<font color="#E5E5E5"> she reached out</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> take me by the arm come on Jeremy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">your dad's waiting for you the mall cop</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">step between us hang on he said</font> can I see some ID ma'am<font color="#E5E5E5"> mom glad at him</font> are you kidding she snapped<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm his mom his name's</font> Jeremy<font color="#E5E5E5"> that ought to be enough</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for you</font> he says you're not<font color="#E5E5E5"> his mom</font> the mall cop said so you know I'm really <font color="#E5E5E5">gonna</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> need to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> see some</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ID</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> man</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">oh he's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> messing around mom exploded</font> of course I'm his mom<font color="#E5E5E5"> she tried to get</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> the mall cop but he moved to</font> block<font color="#E5E5E5"> him he doesn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> look like his</font> messing around<font color="#CCCCCC"> man he said</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the kid looks</font> scared<font color="#E5E5E5"> are you going to let me take</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> son or am I gonna<font color="#CCCCCC"> have to call the</font> police<font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah</font> you know what I think we<font color="#E5E5E5"> should call the</font> police<font color="#CCCCCC"> mom I think that's exactly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font> we<font color="#E5E5E5"> need to do</font> he raised his walkie-talkie<font color="#E5E5E5"> to his lips</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but mom was already beating a retreat</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">she glared at the mall cock with rage</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> hatred</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in her eyes she actually</font> snarled at<font color="#CCCCCC"> him like a dog</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but she was</font> moving backwards melting into<font color="#CCCCCC"> the crowd</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of spite</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">disappeared</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the more mommy turned to me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and showed me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her true</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> face I'll never</font> forget the nightmare she revealed to me <font color="#CCCCCC">I wet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my bed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for three years after that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">moms features melted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and gave way to</font> reveal<font color="#E5E5E5"> a face that was cavernous ruin</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> eyes swimming in sockets filled with</font> writhing<font color="#E5E5E5"> squirming erosions</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it suddenly</font> erupted<font color="#CCCCCC"> forth and scuttled across the</font> mall<font color="#CCCCCC"> mummy's face like a living scar</font> tissue and<font color="#E5E5E5"> she had no lower jaw her</font> whole face ended<font color="#E5E5E5"> with a top row of teeth</font> protruding out of<font color="#CCCCCC"> her face like the</font> fangs of a wolf<font color="#E5E5E5"> she glared at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> still can't get<font color="#E5E5E5"> that look of utter</font> hatred out of my head it's<font color="#E5E5E5"> haunted me since</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> childhood</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm</font> coming for<font color="#E5E5E5"> you she whispered in my ear</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> your mommy sucks</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you up in bed at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">night after</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she switched off the lights</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">after she's closed the door Oh Jeremy</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that's when I'll</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> come creeping out from</font> beneath<font color="#CCCCCC"> your bed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you'll hear me you'll</font> hear me calling<font color="#CCCCCC"> your name</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> right</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before I</font> rip the<font color="#CCCCCC"> beating</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> heart out of your</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> chest</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and then she was gone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my real mum found</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not long afterwards and I ran</font> straight<font color="#E5E5E5"> into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her arms and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I wouldn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">let go the more cop didn't give</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mamma</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">lecture like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he had the more money I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">think he was a little troubled by</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> whole incident<font color="#E5E5E5"> he kept glancing in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> direction<font color="#E5E5E5"> the more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mummy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had vanished in</font> like he was<font color="#E5E5E5"> trying to work</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> something out</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Matt was the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> last time I ever set foot</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in a mall mom didn't push me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on the</font> issue she knew something<font color="#E5E5E5"> had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happened</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> day but it took years before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> could prize<font color="#E5E5E5"> even part of the story from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me but you know what every time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I hear</font> some kid is missing<font color="#CCCCCC"> I get to wondering</font> whether<font color="#CCCCCC"> that kid is a runaway</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> whether</font> something reached out and snatched him into the<font color="#E5E5E5"> darkness that swells and</font> congeals<font color="#E5E5E5"> just beyond the rim</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of everyday</font> perception the darkness<font color="#E5E5E5"> that every kid</font> knows<font color="#E5E5E5"> about that gathers thickest at the</font> back of<font color="#CCCCCC"> the closet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and under</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the bed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> hides the face of every conceivable <font color="#E5E5E5">nightmare and sometimes when you least</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">expect it those nightmares come true</font> [Music] well how<font color="#E5E5E5"> good was that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> did</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you enjoy</font> that one<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's the third story bite she</font> could<font color="#CCCCCC"> dallona that I've done in really</font> quick succession<font color="#E5E5E5"> over the past few weeks</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> want you know what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I want you to</font> do<font color="#E5E5E5"> that you yeah do me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that little favor</font> head over to his<font color="#CCCCCC"> website I've left the</font> URL in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> video description</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sign up and</font> you<font color="#CCCCCC"> are gonna</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> get fantastic</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> free copy of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">his book black eyes go on head over</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stop listening go on well my</font> dear<font color="#CCCCCC"> friends I will</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be back with you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">again on Monday not quite sure</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what with</font> yet but<font color="#E5E5E5"> you know I'll be here waiting</font> for<font color="#CCCCCC"> you all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> okay have a great weekend</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'll</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> see you all again bright-eyed</font> and bushy-tailed on<font color="#E5E5E5"> Monday thank you so</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">much for choosing to spend your time</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">listening</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to me now if you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> enjoyed the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">doctor creeping experience then come</font> find me on<font color="#E5E5E5"> Facebook come chat with me on</font> Twitter listen to the<font color="#E5E5E5"> background music</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and download it if you like on</font> soundcloud<font color="#E5E5E5"> drop by the store they have a</font> t-shirt<font color="#E5E5E5"> and importantly if you've got a</font> store you'd like me to read<font color="#E5E5E5"> send it 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Channel: Dr. Creepen
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Length: 44min 0sec (2640 seconds)
Published: Fri Mar 30 2018
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