Clockwork Rainbow

George reached for the knife and slid through the crowd towards his old foe the circling limousines receded into a diamond silver background blur of light as he focused in on the red carpet immediately before the unostentatious sober green people carrier that easily exuded quiet wealth and power without fanfare casting a reverse Midas spell over the gathering of pretenders and charlatans revealing their rusting bling tawdriness as it drew smoothly to a halt with a discreet whispered hum. As the door was opened by the subdued hand of a lackey in an admiral’s costume a diminutive figure emerged and stood to one side. George, who’d started his lunge halted in mid stride perplexed, then a bulky figure was etched out by the flashing lights as it rose from the dark interior of the car and George, made purposeful by grim recognition, stepped in close to strike his deadly blow and release the years of resentment and injustice in a bitter harvest of blood. Alerted by the first excited aborted lunge the brain of the diminutive figure to the side clicked into gear the broad mouth opened and ‘ bungle look out ‘ what’s up zippy? ‘You! He cried accusingly stumbling back from the flashing thrust of steel that parried off his thick bear coat and clinked ineffectually against the robust metal of the gaping door. Bastards cried George in his nasal hippopotamus whine murderer declared zippy ungrateful murderer zip it you grass George what’s come over you said the flustered bear in his disappointed way he’s jealous cried zippy nonce’s and grasses all cried George as he was twisted up by Diddy Coombs bodyguards I could have been a contender mean while his accomplice an unshaven and embittered Geoffrey unmasked by the partisan crowd was being manhandled before being roughly delivered in to the robust hands of the trio of towering constables remember us they said smirking not you not rod Jane and Freddy sergeant rod Jane and Freddy to you, you asbos recidivist said rod as he twisted Geoffrey’s skinny arm up his threadbare moth-eaten magpie rainbow jumper covered back that’s right said sergeant Jane resplendent in her tight black uniform as she kneed him hard in the groin you wont be needing these where your going who’s the boss now they cried as the bear danced forward and punched him hard in the face to the cheers of the crowd. Sorry Geoffrey cried the crestfallen failed hippopotamus oh shut up said Geoffrey you useless cunt yes shut up yelled zippy in delight as he drove his zip studded metal face into the pink hippo’s glum visage. As the two hapless assassins were loaded into a black Maria and driven away in disgrace pursued by the jeering crowd the five comrades embraced each other warmly united for the first time after all these years as the stalwart rod hugged her his hand slid up her regulation black coppers skirt and her thighs parted automatically unbalanced she fell back into the coarse haired arms of the bear and was rewarded with the exciting pressure of his hard bear meat throbbing between her firm buttocks the chafing rasp of Zippy's metal teeth on her erect nipple through her bra and blouse wrought a groan of pleasure from Jane’s lips. Right yelled Freddy his half mast trousers rendered even more ridiculous by his full mast erection “back to the old house everybody.”

The new residents, the Teletubbies, didn’t stand a chance against the platform boots claws and zips of the pherenomed five. And were quickly driven out. “Leave 'em rod they’ve had enough” laughed Freddie. the sexually enraged Manson looking children’s entertainer reluctantly left off chasing kicking and booting the hysterical man babies with a look of profound disappointment on his face “we’ve better things to do” “yes Freddy as always you’re right” he replied. As Jane beckoned from the porthole window the ominous visage of the bear briefly discerned in the gloom behind her as his great paw covered her naked breast. Together, in a moving display of enduring friendship and togetherness, the strange alliance of humans and puppets begin to sing:

All around the streets and houses
Everybody likes to share
Man and woman kind of Martian
Even friendly mister bear

All across the streets and houses
Rainbow news spreads everywhere
George and Geoffrey in the slammer
Muttering that bears don’t care

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