Jonathan Sloman

"I will say this for him - I can't really say anything for him. Except he's like a sheet of white paper. I haven't seen a sheet of white paper for years I could draw a face on. In his poor suit, crumple fashion with little stitches on the edges. And I'll say this for him - trendy boy. You can say his lapels are crumpled and he has got a nose where noses used to be. And I'll say this for him - he's always here. Wherever his feet are he is. The toes are bent upwards but he's straight. Flat. Stupid as the sun. I will say this for him - and he has got twirly hair. But you do get the whole of him, now, to stroke. And there's nobody else." -- The Bed Sitting Room (1969).