Category: Silly
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We feed the birds
every morning. Guineafowl. She waits and watches them… And from deep inside my brain I hear David Attenborough’s magnificent sharp whispered narration: The wonder of the truly unique, magnificent, african chicken. She continues to stare licking her lips, longingly, for please, should just once, fate be on her side, and a deliciously steaming hot chicken…
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How do you take your coffee? (and other trick questions)
I ask with pretend nonchalance. I wait, listen. Sometimes black, and sometimes not. Sometimes tall, and other times short. See for us aliens coffee really is a food group. Sometimes to relieve the pain. Sometimes to fuel the joy. Sometimes to fight the boredom. Sometimes to simply relish, tiny or tall, these cups were made…
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She’s Taylor to us
Yes I’m a Swifty. Just not in the glorious, sparkly boots. Yes I’m a Swifty. Just not with the killer dance moves. Yes I’m a Swifty. Just not with my heart on my sleeve. Yes I’m a Swifty, and thank you for the gifts that you bring. There in my car your voice is enough.…
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The truth about lipstick, an ode to L’Oréal Paris
It’s never for you darling, it’s always for me. Beautiful, talented, caring, and totally free. And then I think of the ad, long gone and pale.. We really are worth it, yet without it we might still fail. ~Lu
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Peach coloured linen
I made a wish. I lit a candle. We remade the bed. Use peach coloured linen, the smart woman said. I waited and watched and wondered who you might be, or who you might not, and where I might find you? Where could you be? Perhaps in my mind, or under a tree? And then…
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Things about babies
They are typically small and I couldn’t quite eat a whole one 😉 They are typically weak and would die without human supervision. They are typically loud and not perturbed about inconveniencing strangers. They are typically not a species I can relate to, or remotely aspire to be like, in any way, shape or form.…