in the final day, i fly out soon, a matter of hours. i did enjoy the final week, some great nights out with my brother and jake as we wandered via time machine peeling back layers of history and looking under the surface into secret london, deep time. history leaks through the grey walls, it's hidden between the cracks on the street and the vast array of stone monoliths and statues sprawled throughout the city, and i notice how on a street level lay the material statues, the henry moores, the monuments to fallen, the great and the important. yet higher up, up beyond are the symbolic statues, the mythic, the angelic and the potent. the occult london. 

in star bars sky roofs and towering escarpments, the city switches over as twilight enters, people with wealth beyond means and imagination drink exotic cocktails and wear designer outfits, there's a certain elegance and style but you wonder at the banks they work at, the pharmaceutical industries, these are probably pawns in some expansive corporation, then again aren't we all, some dark, some shades of lights, some burn bright. like the stars, i am reminded of bowie's 'stars are out tonight' song. 

the flight back is the usual awful journey in economy however i stretch my legs wandering around chatting with the ba hostesses and talking to other restless passengers. at singapore i buy a terrible coffee, i throw it away it's so bad. 

i drift in and out of sleep, i watch south park, and discover a bowie concert at the bbc, i close my eyes and enjoy the sounds of a 1995 gig, bowies in fine form, so is his band and especially mike garson who is suburb. there's a few nuanced changes to songs, more intricacies, that piano is amazing as is zacks drumming, tight, furious and exemplary. i drift and drift and before i know it i'm heading homewards on the train, and now after a massive clean, i prepare for a shower and rest. mission control needs a huge clear out, inside and out. i have to get cracking now and make some big changes. maybe install a new kitchen or something. i certainly should invest in one more bookcase. 

it's nice to be home.