took shower at an abandoned shopfront. had to stash my bike for the winter (honda tiger). water ran grey. dust. on walls and everything. inside showerhead. a security guard came, stared at my naked body. i stared back. walked out of the shower into late afternoon at an office. everyone was still there. cornered a colleague. collared him, i said, how long has he worked here huh. nine years, he said. two years longer than me. im gonna make him pay, i said.  i looked out of the window. outside the world looked like what it was like in wall-e.