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The Obsessive Diary · Aug 31, 2026 · 3m

Dipped and dived, ear plugs in and avoiding the main drag which thumped and ground at an almost standstill so close to the flat I thought the windows might break. Purple paint, the many colours deciding after much deliberation to become this one deep violet haze coating everything. Two girls walked past and I couldn’t tell what parts were naked. Fishnet, bikini, t shirts and skin. From my window, Jab Jab mas returning from their dawn parade, horned helmets and chains and taking their own pace against the tide, Black skin slicked with black oil, one after another in a line dragging chains…