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Written by Dmoug "The only reason for evil to triumph, is for good people to do nothing." A little something I believe to be true. I think I got it out of a game, where it was "for good men..." but being the non-sexist person I am, I changed it to "for good people..." I was walking to Parkhof, the place I hangout whenever it's open, if I don't have anything else to do. It's a couple of hundred metres from my house. Got a call earlier from my best friend, who said that "Roberto and about 20 people were ready to bash in our heads." We were at this party last saturday, and I was drunk, and Roberto was drunk, and we had a lot of verbal fights, and it lead us to agreeing we'd fight the next day, in the Victoriepark in front of the monument of Alkmaar being the first town to succesfully fend off the Spaniards a couple of hundred years ago... It was raining and he didn't show up... I told him he was probably just saying his usual crap, but the thought did cross my mind that he could be waiting there... Didn't know if I was relieved not to find anyone there, but didn't care much so I walked on to a still closed Parkhof... A friend showed up; Some of Roberto's "groupies" showed up... It was raining... After Parkhof finally opened, the barstools were placed on the ground, the arcade and pinball machines were turned on and I rolled a smoke one groupie asked me if I was gonna fight him today, told me to start punching him, asked me if I was scared and sounded exactly as a shitting camel... Was shaking, but figured it was adrenaline... I wasn't gonna back down if it should happen... I ordered a Korenwolf... Drinking sounded like a good idea... When Bassie came in he said that they were outside waiting for us, Roberto and his usual following, and that we should let them wait for as long as they like, cause we waited last sunday... When we got challenged for a game of tablefootball by Pierre and a mate we gladly accepted... Didn't stand a chance, as Pierre's the best defender in Parkhof, and his mate probably the best forward (it's annoying that he's better than me, but c'est la vie), and we underdogs were being beaten while people talked and laughed about them waiting outside for us ("Tell him we're in a game of tablefootball" "He says the game is taking a bit long" and "Blahblah Crack blahbla cousin Coke blahblah Croky hahahah") and they finally decided to come inside (I waved as he looked, but he didn't wave back). We lost the game 7-3, but scoring 3 goals was good enough for me... "Where were you last sunday?" "Well, it was raining" "Oh, it was raining; Isn't it raining right now?" "No, it's dry at the moment." This guy had more bullshit coming out of his mouth than a bull's ass... "Your cousin was looking for you last sunday" "Uh, really? Dunno... got so many cousins..." "Well, I'll go ask to be sure" so I walked over to someone who was there, but she didn't want to be involved in this... Can't blame people for finding it childish, but I hate this guy with a passion... He's got a great girl but constantly cheats on her... Not that I was in love with her or anything, I just happen to be thankful for the support she and her sister and her mom showed in me when I was down... "He Dennis, just be chill about it, no reason to look for a fight." So I sat down at the bar while the guy who told me to chill went up to Roberto and Bassie to get them to chill as well... Bassie chilled when he got offered a beer to chill... His girl was sitting next to me at the bar, and maybe it was the beer talking, but I was thinking about asking her about it, so might as well try... "Why do defend him?" "Well, he is my boyfriend." "But he constantly cheats on you (like last saturday; Some I saw, some I got told about the next day by Pierre, some I heard from a lot of people "While she's at work..."), and you just get drunk at parties asking where he is while he's together with other girls and you just sit around being depressed." "Do you mean (whoever)? She was trying to get it on with him but he pushed her away." "So, either he does stuff without you knowing, or you ignore it, or you were so drunk you forgot, or I hear a load of crap..." "Well, he did cheat on me once (or maybe a couple of times), but he told me about it and he's really honest with me." "Well, if you say so... But I hear from various people what he does while you're at work." "First I've heard of it; We're honest to each other." I know he's lying to her, but there isn't anything I can do about it... "Yo, you wanna get out of here?" He asks when she's talking to me... I know he doesn't want her to talk with me, probably cause I'm telling her the truth. "Yeah, sure; Odeon or Kooltuin; Kooltuin." "Bye" as I wave her goodbye... Well, he got her away from me. As I turn my head I see him and Bassie in another argument. "Dude, you just told her you're going somewhere else, so we stopped talking, so why don't you just go already?" "He still wants to fight." "Dude, do you still want to fight?" "Yeah..." A lot of his groupies start up with their usual annoyingness (I challenged him, I'm asking if he wants to fight, I screwed up the party because I finally said what I wanted to say, blahblahblah) "Fine, we'll fight... Let's go..." ("Dennis, why are you doing this?") I grabbed my red sweater, he grabbed his leather coat. "Why are you doing this?" "Well, he wants to fight" than the groupies start again with "You challenged him blahblahblahblah" "Look, he wants to fight, okay? I was just talking to his girl and they were leaving so the conversation finished and I turn around and he's talking to Bassie; He wanted to leave but didn't because he wants to fight." "Yeah, but maybe Bassie said something to him." So I asked Bassie who started talking and he said he might have started so I went back; "Okay, Bassie started... Well, you can go now..." Took a while before he finally left... Back at the bar Pierre was sitting next to me, and I had to ask again "Does he cheat on her?" "Yeah, with every girl he can..." "I really hate that guy with a passion." She just believes him... I'm very thankful for the support she and her family gave me, and I can't do a damn thing about it... And it's always Bassie chilled, Bassie did the wise thing, Bassie and Roberto were gonna fight... I'm the one who was gonna fight him, I did some wise things, why can't people just say that for a change? All they talk about with my name in it was that I ruined the damned party... How he had 3 oppurtunities already when I pissed over his scooter... Blahblahblahfuckingblah... Felt tired... felt bored... was broke... Saw someone get coffee... Coffee sounded good... Got myself some coffee as well... "Can't you just ignore him?" "I owe her and her family a lot, and she just doesn't see what he does..." "Yeah, but that isn't your problem; You're being very childish..." "Yeah, I know... but if I don't stand by my beliefs, what good is living then??" Whatever... I knew he was right, I was being childish... That it's all pointless... But life's pointless... You live, you die... Pointless... If we fight and he wins, either I'd fight him again some day or I wouldn't... If I'd win, he'd just come back with his cousins because that's just what he does... But it's that pointlessness that fires inside... I can't do anything but whatever I do... For no other reason that if I don't do anything, he goes on doing whatever he does and I'd only feel bad about it... At least he knows that... Whatever... I don't know... I'm just alive till I die... And whatever I do, it's bound to be pointless... But it's either doing things or just accept that I can't stop him... And my passion for hatred towards him would only grow... And in the end, everything'd still be pointless... "The only reason for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing..." It's one of the few things I still believe in... End |