He came out of the staff room with a lopsided grin, and an unsteady gait. First thought is ” here comes another drunk.” Then you look at the eyes . The eyes that gleam with the insane intense glare. The “mad gleam ” . Legs take flight , even before the brain has reasoned out actions . The response is primeval, almost involuntary. The head tutor screams “Wait , he is harmless.” As if he were a pet blood hound. But by now, i am already half way, down the first flight of stairs. He is drooling over the banisters, peering down , laughing his hiccoughy , scary laugh. I look up and see the eyes again. Staring, strangely unlaughing. An old scar glistens in a silvery arc from the corner of the mouth. I dash into the first floor lift, panting like some hunted animal.
First thought is ” here comes another drunk.” Then you look at the eyes . The eyes that gleam with the insane intense glare. The “mad gleam ” . Legs take flight , even before the brain has reasoned out actions . The response is primeval, almost involuntary.
The head tutor screams “Wait , he is harmless.”
As if he were a pet blood hound.
But by now, i am already half way, down the first flight of stairs.
He is drooling over the banisters, peering down , laughing his hiccoughy , scary laugh.
I look up and see the eyes again. Staring, strangely unlaughing. An old scar glistens in a silvery arc from the corner of the mouth.
I dash into the first floor lift, panting like some hunted animal.