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Extremes on the Subject of Objects

“Nothing is but what it is,” he said in response. “That hat,” he pointed at the hat, “is just a fucking hat. It serves a purpose, shelters you from the…

Apr 23 •

Elspeth was a dancer - though she wasn’t very good. She had been coerced into it at a young age and through some loose determination and a lack of…

Apr 3 •

February 2023

“How can you grapple with what consumes you?” She asks, her face creasing in bemusement. I had said the phrase with such pride, deep resonance and high…

Feb 16 •

A Can of Fizzy Pop

Ermintrude was her name - she did not know why her parents had inflicted this upon her. But still she struggled gamely on, through every school register…

Feb 8 •

I am in a room with several others - it might be 7, it might be 9, I’m not sure and I can’t be bothered to count. It’s definitely not an even number - I…

Feb 5 •

January 2023

Doodling is always fun - sometimes useful, often not. But utility is unimportant, for there exists no moment that is not enhanced by the taking out of a…

Jan 16 •

December 2022

Christmas Day is arrogant and lazy. Christmas Day is arrogant and lazy - all the preceding days do the actual graft. It will be mid-December for me…

Dec 24, 2022 •

Take Them to the Wood

How to describe a place to someone who has never been there, how to set the scene. Because it is vital that they feel as I felt when I was up through…

Dec 13, 2022 •

November 2022

Egg Under Pedal

I am driving a car - I don’t know how. I can barely open a door or hold a steering wheel, let alone sit and talk and arch my back with the confidence…

Nov 22, 2022 •

I was startled to discover that the number 1 bus actually exists. Buses should have numbers such as 83, 176, 214 or maybe 47 if you’re being generous…

Nov 17, 2022 •

“Only write when you’re hungover,” Dolores tell me when I’m hungover one morning. Alright, I think, and set about it. I am adventurous in my…

Nov 15, 2022 •

October 2022

“How big a cake will you have on your wedding day?” Dolores asked me in a dream one night.

Oct 8, 2022 •

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