In Need Of Some Of Dr. Tibbles Famous Vi-Cocoa

Not so much acting for a living,
as spending 6 hours in the Tirranean Sea
waving a bit of wood in the air
and choking on salt water.

The Loneliness Of The Short-Haul Traveller

Terminal 2.
First time in an airport since new mothers were
required to drink their own breast milk at check-in.
So much cold glass and blistered concrete.
All that exposed strip-lighting.
Clashing carpets and designated smoking areas.
Keep right on travelator.
Read complimentary newspaper.
Crandle cup of branded coffee as if life depended on it.
Giubbotto Salvagente Sotto La Poltrona
(Life Jacket Located Under Seat).
Cottian Alps puncturing haze and cauliflower cumulus.
Majestic. Edifying. Vainglorious.
Black Mini Cooper ride into hubbub;
past Aurelian Wall and Pyramid of Gaius Cestius
and final resting place of young Keats and Bysshe Shelly.
The Americans in the lobby are wearing shorts
and hearing-aids
and talking about
vacations and semesters and foreign policy.
Hot pizza rustica and a couple of fresh suppli.
Cats. Lots of cats. A clowder of cats.

"Le Champ Vert"

It's Saturday, April the 23rd, 2005...
A Turner prize-winning artist has trained
17 syncronized cameras on the Madrid number 5.
The roar of the crowd fades up and down.
Zizou comes in and out of focus.
Siemens, Adidas and Kelloggs Frosties
all earn themselves plenty of free advertising.
Zizou rolls his socks up.
A moth flutters in the glare of the Bernabéu floodlights.
Zizou does a lot of spitting.
Zizou does a lot of perspiring.
Zizou does a lot of shouting out; 'hey!".
Forlan misses a sitter.
Forlan gets substituted.
The Galcticoes overhaul their half-time deficit.
A fat man on the terraces bangs on a big bass drum.
Zizou shares a joke with Bobby Carlos.
Zizou pats the former England captain on the back.
Poise, balance, male-pattern-baldness.
Towards the end, there's an off-the-ball incident.
Several players indulge in some unnecessary argy-bargy.
The referee has no alternative.
Zinédine Yazid Zidane is sent off.
Mogwai are only added afterwards.

Trailer for 'Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait'