Conversations with My Gardener Page #8

Will you remember?

The size, the colour...

Yes. I'll do a sketch

when I get back.

Oh, damn!

You'll need a replacement

for your garden.

That can wait.

For my muscles to grow?

Or them to fit a new arse-hole?

It's over for me.

I'll find someone young and strong.

There's plenty of hungry lads

on the estate.

I'll drop in now and then to check.

For the wife, could you...?

Do her portrait, I mean.

Why do you always say "the wife"?

Isn't she yours?

Yes.

Could you?

I'll try, but for the eyes...

I'll help with the colour.

I need a photo.

I'll give you one.

Oh, sh*t!

Wort you go short?

It's too much for me on my own.

He's asleep?

- He's not here.

- Where is he?

His garden.

That's not sensible.

- Where is it?

- By the railway, near the station.

- The railwaymers allotments.

- I'll go and see him.

The last on the right.

Excuse me...

Can I take him to Nice one last time?

Lt'd be good, but I can't say.

Thank you.

Hey there! Where are you?

I'm here.

Behind the peas.

You work lying down?

Gardening in bed.

It doesn't pull on the belly.

- And you listen to Mozart.

- Mozart, is it?

I didn't know.

The radio keeps me awake.

I drop off when I'm lying down.

Now and then I turn over

and look at the sky.

I won't be going up there.

Oh no. I'd get lost.

Down below, more like...

among the roots,

that's where I know.

For now you're on the ground,

not under it.

You know,

when your battery's out ofjuice,

you get used to the idea of fading.

There's nothing you want,

like eating with no appetite.

Why tire yourself out gardening?

Gardening is my life.

Look...

I reckon they're the best vegetables

I've ever grown.

It's like they're glad to see me

lying beside them.

Will you help me up?

Hello.

I'll call in later.

Be brave.

If you could,

I'd like you to paint

the things I love.

Not fancy or anything,

just a bit of colour so I remember.

A word of advice:

Always carry a knife

and a piece of string.

It can be a lifesaver.

Remember that.

Translation - Henry Moon

for TELETOTA

Silk Purse Enterprises, UK

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