15.13, Monday 2 Apr 2001

Once again Monday, once again fresh Upsideclown: I reached into the centre of the image and began to turn the dial, expanding the projection, but then I's struck by the memory of when I'd first taken it, before I'd dared hope we'd become lovers, when I used to blow it up till he was almost life-size and I spun it back down to its default proportions. Five years was it now? Two since I'd so much as seen him. I reached out a trembling finger but it passed through his cheek and I felt nothing.

Neil is going scifi today, in his own wonderful, quiet way. Today's Upsideclown is ET.