Black Satin

A Book, Small, Black, slightly Shiny, possibly Leather ...

Tim StiX: A golden horse with an albatross on her back

Sleep cracks, as lids flutter in dream

Georgie Porgie has vented his spleen

A melon-tinged bird appears on the wing

Take me back gilded horse, Madame Queen, Mrs King

Mary Contrary with buzzard and cheese ...

Tim StiX: A small black book

Small, black and yes, slightly shiny. Possibly leather. But more likely faux.

Tim StiX - Little Black Book

Eyes transfixed, examining the shape, texture … aura? No! Surely, it’s only a mass-produced book. But still, I dare not reach forth and touch it. My body has frozen, and my mind is not far behind.

Tim StiX: A gilded horse with an albatross on her back

All of a sudden, without warning, my bedroom door clangs open and in trots a horse. A gilded horse with an albatross on its back and a crown on her head …

Tim StiX: A small red book

I look down at my nightstand and see a small red book.

A dream scene surges back in technicolor ...

Tim StiX - A dream scene in technicolor

A little black book, cloaked in an ambience, almost a presence

Mr Black-hat picks up the book, opens to a random page and inks a code, or potentially codes

The picture is unclear and before I can truly focus, the book closes and the image dissolves

Tim StiX - A dream scene in technicolor

Great! What was that bloody code!

I look down at my diary and … what the Bloody Hell is that!

Tim StiX - Two, twenty eight, Churchill three, thirteen

Two, twenty eight, Churchill three

Ten and three, what's it mean to me?

Two, twenty eight, Churchill three

Ten and three, what's it mean to me?

Tim StiX - Black Satin Coffee

The strong coffee gives me a headache, so when my canter passes the news stand, I give the guy an indignant mouthful. Complaining bitterly, about how a $5.00 notebook could not possibly be leather.

Tim StiX - Black Satin two-hundred to one

The rest as they say is history

Number 13, Black Satin, Race 3, Churchill Downs, 28 of February at 200 to 1.


So, what happened to the Little Red Book?

Tim StiX - Black Satin Dream Journal

It is now bound in a small, black, slightly shiny, definitely leather cover. With no hint of faux.

My treasured notebook never became a diary in the strict sense, it is now a dream journal. I keep it by my bed for any visions of crowns, black hats, gilded horses and perhaps a stray bird or two.

Tim StiX - Black Satin Leather absolutely not faux

Bespoke satin leather ... absolutely not faux

Tim StiX: Black Satin

Credits

Author ..................... Tim StiX

Proof reading ....... Lexie StiX

Artwork ................. Jane StiX

Digital images ........ Tim StiX

Digital effects ......... Tim StiX