Blog: Some Of It Was True!

Outside Bethnal Green station on Saturday afternoon, a man sidled up to me.  “Are you Gregorios?,” he said, glancing around furtively.  He seemed nervous, and yet also there was also malice in his eyes, a memory of cruelty.  He seemed Eastern European – Belarussian, I later decided, preposterously.  The sun shone hazily.  Time dragged.  I realised I'd been loitering suggestively.  I wanted badly to say yes, yes I am Gregorios: just to see what happened next, to see who Gregorios was.  But I didn't dare.  “No I'm not,” I replied, gently.  “Ah, sorry, sorry,” he smiled, a gold tooth glinting.  He shuffled away, and when I turned around a few seconds later [...]

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