How sexy he looks, dressed head to toe in black, masked up, molotov in hand, his beautiful fiery eyes watering as he chases a dozen Retained from previous versioncoppersDeleted by this authorRetained from previous versionfilthAdded by this author down a side street. I am some distance behind him. Alexis longingly gazes back at me through long tendrils of matted hair, running through the liberated streets without his shirt on.We find each other down an alleyway: there are no cops in sight.  I kiss Alexis below his ear, and whisper, 'Is this the best we can do?'  Retained from previous versionHeDeleted by this authorRetained from previous versionAlexisAdded by this author nods: "It's finally happening. Get ready for revolution my love." I notice him shiver softly, his nipples rising like an oppressed population overthrowing an autocratic ruler.I feel sensuous, like I want to get more free than I have ever been Retained from previous versionbefore.... IDeleted by this authorRetained from previous versionbefore....IAdded by this author hold him by the neck and we enjoy a beautiful, unforgettable embrace in the empty street. For a moment, Retained from previous versionit isDeleted by this author our street. We start Retained from previous versiontoDeleted by this author pull each others' clothes off, til Retained from previous versionwe're down toDeleted by this author our Retained from previous versionunderwear.Suddenly,Deleted by this authorRetained from previous versionbodies breathe the city's air unimpeded.Suddenly,Added by this author we hear the sound of smashing bottles and incoherent male voices. Canellos barks Retained from previous versionin the distance.Deleted by this authorRetained from previous versiona warning.Added by this author The battle has spilled onto our street, disturbing our precious moment. Riot police charge at protestors scarpering in our direction.We Retained from previous versionpick upDeleted by this authorRetained from previous versionrun, leavingAdded by this author our clothes Retained from previous versionand run awayDeleted by this authorRetained from previous versionscattered, irrelevant to us but remaining behind to whisper of a brief dream stolenAdded by this author from the Retained from previous versionchaos, handDeleted by this authorRetained from previous versionjaws of a concretised coma.HandAdded by this author in hand Retained from previous versionwe turn this wayAdded by this author and Retained from previous versionthat, tumbling through the flavours of the metropolis. Each time skipping free of the dragon's teeth, every barrio a co-conspiratorAdded by this author in Retained from previous versionour underwear.Deleted by this authorRetained from previous versionthis crazy dance.For a moment I notice something strikingly alien, the distant sound of.. typing? Computer keyboards? Something doesn't seem quite..."Alex! This isn't real! I s..."Distracted by the shadows I saw sliding, somehow I notice too late that the cops are firing nonsenseguns from their porncopter overhead, fuck fuck FUCK I'm..[..like a boner drank 100 beers and then we had sex moist like apple sauce fucked a bitch got mad moment of sweet honey crunk n shit for its I got a cougar coz we dont luuuv them gryffindor scarf hoes nipples rising like a coat hook..]"Auuggh! Christ!"Alexis pulls me free of it and we duck into a nearby tenement building."Are you OK?""Hnnn. I think so. Hate the way that sexist cliched bullshit clings to the inside of the brain.""It wears off.Added by this author We Retained from previous versionjust need to find something to distract you for the next hour or so."Around us the musty corridors hint of secluded encounterspots: tunnels, cupboards, abandoned laundry rooms - unexplored, coated in dust, waiting for the magic touch of living bodies to re-animate them."I have a few ideas", I murmur, gliding my hand along the soft curve of his lower back. His eyes sparkle mischievously.As I sweep my lover into the gathering darkness, treading barefoot happily on a trail of tender kisses, I ask myself whether it really matters if this adventure is reality or a fragment of dream, of someone's imagination, a passing breeze.For now I know I am content to enjoy the spell, but I determine that when my head is clear of these traces of cop-poison, IAdded by this author will Retained from previous versionrejoinDeleted by this authorRetained from previous versionresume this heretical questioning.And if all is as I feared? If this space is pure fictionThen together we'll smash our way out ofAdded by this author the Retained from previous versionbattle. After we've givenDeleted by this authorRetained from previous versiontoybox through to reality, using the only weapon we have: our passion for life, our desire for freedom and forAdded by this author each Retained from previous versionother a little trauma support.       Deleted by this authorRetained from previous versionother. We'll manifest this beautiful fleeting madness in the outside world or die trying.Added by this author