Saturday 6 October 2012

The Crab Doctor and the Lobster:
A Maritime Film Noir 3




Scene 3: Of Langoustine, of her enticements and mysteries



The doctor was examining his claws. You need a manicure, sweetheart, said Langoustine.  Think of the hygene aspects. Think of the shame.

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Langoustine took out her orange claw varnish. It was called Moroccan Dawn.

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Langoustine's orange lipstick was called Blistering Desire. She used it on Saturdays. The North Sea was a hard place for a single lobster.

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Langoustine's orange eye make-up was called Marine Embers. It was foxy and glitz. There was not much call for it.

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Langoustine's body colour was orange. The ointment was originally branded as Hot Shrimp. But Hot Sea was better. Hot Sea sold really well.

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Ach du lieber Langoustine, sang the doctor in a cracked, crab-baritone. Was this love? Or was it just the spell of her Magic Rust mascara?

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The contents of Langoustine's handbag: A bottle of perfume named Sweet Anemone. A pot of glitter marketed under the name: Northern Lights...

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Further items in Langoustine's handbag: Killer Shark Lipstick. Watershot silk handkerchief.  A six chamber Smith and Wesson lady's waterpistol.

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Rermaining items in Langoustine's handbag. A piece of coral. A soaked stamp. Steel claw polish. Torn ticket to a show on Cromer Pier.

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And three more NEPHROPS cards, water-sealed, deadly, one marked with an unreadable set of numbers. A teardrop in amber.





To be continued!



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