September 4th, 2006

Nine lives

The air cond man is here. Normally he is our daytime security guard. I can’t look when he goes out to clean the main unit in our living room.

First he goes out on the balcony and swings his feet over the rail. Then he walks on the 10cm wide strip on the outside of the balcony while holding on to the rail.

He steps over to the place where the air cond is and climbs over a 1m high barrier. He doesn’t look down. It is 20 metres to the concrete in the car park.

The air cond guy proceeds to clean the air condition while sitting on the edge with nothing to keep him there apart from the balance of his body weight. When the cleaning is done he goes back the way he came.

I can’t bear to see what he is doing. Adding to the suspense is that he drinks a lot and I can’t be sure if he is sober when he is out there. It is like those construction workers on a nearby tall building. Sometimes they are so careless that I expect one of them to fall at any moment. I close the curtain.

One Response to “Nine lives”

  1. Anonymous Says:

    The day he shows up completely sober is the day he falls.

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