ocr: THE GLOWING RED MAN (Part D By Andrew Campbell 1994. - 7- It was. a good day to freak out. Through My. bedroom window Içould see kids in illuminous shorts playing ball across the street, I could see fat, loud-mouthed neighbours circling, like religious worshippers in Mrs Banner's garden: Occasional bodies from places unknown would hurry past My spectacular yiew, swinging shopping bags and bottles of glistening softdrink. The annoying warble of a patroling ice cream van somehow rounded off the Mid-summer atmosphere, My MUM waddled down the driveway, checked the road for traffic, then head eager ...
