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Bankers!
The world is full of bankers. Or more specifically this morning my train carri age is full of bankers. I hold up a broadsheet newspaper to my face, but instead of reading the events of yesterday I study the people sitting across from me. They all look deeply unhappy. Lined faces, baggy eyes and hastily shaved chins and legs all jog along with the train. Everyone looks tired. There's no spark of inspiration amongst the lot of them as they all
try and avoid each others gaze. Their boredom is reflected in their clothes. Dry and old off the peg suits dominate and only the odd jokey tie stops the whole ensemble looking incurably grey.
My eyes sparkle and I inwardly laugh at my fellow travellers revelling in this mornings chosen outfit. A tailored suit that I had measured up whilst I was in Hong Kong. A cream linen that absolutely fails to look ironed no matter what is done to it. A small and shallow collared jacket sat on top of a floatingly light white muslin shirt. The trousers also hovered above some
leather sandals. I felt as if the only cool air in the cabin had gathered around me as the hot summer day about to hit was already making the rest uncomfortable.
***
The building is supposed to be an architectual delight, but I cant see it myself. Heads are lowered as people ride in the lift eventually they spill out until a red head in a summer dress and I are giving each other playful looks alone. I leave her to her lecherous thoughts on the 14th floor and stride down the corridor. "Morning Miles" all the typists call out. Each one gets a nod or a comment as well as a winning smile. Life is good. Eventually I get to my door.
Bankers!
The world is full of bankers. Or more specifically this morning my train carri age is full of bankers. I hold up a broadsheet newspaper to my face, but instead of reading the events of yesterday I study the people sitting across from me. They all look deeply unhappy. Lined faces, baggy eyes and hastily shaved chins and legs all jog along with the train. Everyone looks tired. There's no spark of inspiration amongst the lot of them as they all
try and avoid each others gaze. Their boredom is reflected in their clothes. Dry and old off the peg suits dominate and only the odd jokey tie stops the whole ensemble looking incurably grey.
My eyes sparkle and I inwardly laugh at my fellow travellers revelling in this mornings chosen outfit. A tailored suit that I had measured up whilst I was in Hong Kong. A cream linen that absolutely fails to look ironed no matter what is done to it. A small and shallow collared jacket sat on top of a floatingly light white muslin shirt. The trousers also hovered above some
leather sandals. I felt as if the only cool air in the cabin had gathered around me as the hot summer day about to hit was already making the rest uncomfortable.
***
The building is supposed to be an architectual delight, but I cant see it myself. Heads are lowered as people ride in the lift eventually they spill out until a red head in a summer dress and I are giving each other playful looks alone. I leave her to her lecherous thoughts on the 14th floor and stride down the corridor. "Morning Miles" all the typists call out. Each one gets a nod or a comment as well as a winning smile. Life is good. Eventually I get to my door.