Monthly Archives: May 2014

In the bleak half-term

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Graphite Bunny

One should never be fourteen, the unique age of the numb. Feel the horrible softening and hardening that squeezes your soul. Obey your parents without ceasing as they nag with chores and rules. And if at some time on the … Continue reading →

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Adorable Cuteness

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Graphite Bunny

A pangolin was bathing in mud when a film crew arrived to make a record of his adorable cuteness. ‘Clear off,’ he shouted, ‘your anthropormorphism says more about you than it says about me.’ – Benjamin F Jones

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Light Picks Out Detail

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Graphite Bunny

My hair is greying and my skin pulls up into powder light dunes. My arms are sprayed onto my torso, white brushed with sodium brick and chain link rejection, where I crawl face down on the carpet like a pork-chop … Continue reading →

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An Egyptian goddess reincarnated

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Graphite Bunny

Georgina works in a shop that sells dance apparel and makeup that glitters like dew on a birthday morning. She’s an Egyptian goddess reincarnated into human form. It does not concern her that her face is plain and her expressions … Continue reading →

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