Leaving by the same door from which he had come in, he finds some sort
of freaks ghetto on the other side. When they catch sight of him, the
entire street of distorted figures burst into laughter. One of the
colony approaches him.
Rael:
I wandered lonely as a cloud,
Till I came upon this dirty street.
I've never seen a stranger crowd;
Slubberdegullions on squeaky feet,
Continually pacing,
With nonchalant embracing,
Each orifice disgracing
And one facing me moves to say "hellay".
He is grotesque in every feature, a mixture of ugly lumps and stumps.
His lips slip across his chin as he smiles in welcome and offers his
slippery handshake.
His skin's all covered in slimy lumps.
With lips that slide across each chin.
His twisted limbs like rubber stumps
Are waved in welcome say 'Please join in.'
My grip must be flipping,
Cos his handshake keeps slipping,
My hopes keep on dipping
And his lips keep on smiling all the time.
Rael is a little disillusioned, when the Slipperman reveals that the
entire colony have one-by-one been through the same glorious romantic
tragedy with the same three Lamia, who regenerate themselves every
time, and that now Rael shares their physical appearance and shadowy fate.
Slipperman:
"We, like you, have tasted love.
Don't be alarmed at what you see,
You yourself are just the same
As what you see in me."
Rael:
Me, like you? like that!
Slipperman:
"You better watch it son, your sentence has only just begun
You better run and join your brother John."
Amongst the contorted faces of the Slippermen, Rael recognises what is
left of his brother John. They hug each other.
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