GULL KING

«The gull king»
Nothing ever happens in a quiet fishing village at the edge of the world. Every morning fishermen go out into the open sea for their catch. Seagulls hover over people screaming and shitting; kids run barefoot along the seaside playing their silly games. Looks like this image of the village froze in space and time until the very exact moment.
- How mad Ronnie and Johnny were at that fella! They are not going to chill until they track him down, they say!
- What guy?
- Why, that old man, weren’t you listening? Some dude got used to stealing catch by the old lighthouse. Boys tracked him but didn’t have time to do anything. Can you imagine, seagulls beat them to ground with their wings. And this dude’s also weird, naked and all, with a bucket on his head and in some wing-like sail cloak. What a weirdo! Perhaps thinks he’s a bird. Where did he come from, though?
- Hmm, interesting… remember uncle Tom, the keeper of the old lighthouse? But you wouldn’t know, you were too little when it was abandoned. Well, he had a beautiful wife but she died giving birth. They say, this man run wild and spoke to nobody after he had lost his wife and kids. He lived far in his lighthouse like in captivity and stayed there even when the new bigger one was built.
- You think it’s him? That fella looked young though.
- No, the keeper died last year. You know, I watched him many years, felt sorry. It’s just seems to me that he fooled everyone. I think his son survived after all, but who has he grown up into? Far from civilization, surrounded by the sea and accompanied by seagulls and his insane father. Something will go wrong, I can feel it.