pedro was back in the country
a minute apparently. no reason
why he should have told me –
we weren’t that close. nathalia tells me
he’s going to boston, then maybe
hawaii or else back to rio
perhaps. we got on ok
in the workplace. he could clean
a mean office block.
his relationship remains
very complicated with jonathan’s
brother – it’s why he stopped working
and perhaps why he hasn’t
come back. sometimes I wish
I was going to boston with pedro
or going alone. last time I was over
was tall ship weekend; all drunken
hobbyist sailors in every
cheap dockside
one-dollar-beer bar.
INSTANT NOODLES 