Tag Archives: consumerism

Two dogs and a vagrants hideout

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Graphite Bunny

A penny fell behind the till and I went looking for it. During the search I found a dust covered sofa, two dogs and a vagrant’s hideout. The customer I’d served used a ladder in her tights to climb into … Continue reading →

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Car Parking

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Graphite Bunny

Sun feathers in the creases of my jeans. The light is calked over the car window and pressed into my skin. Soft cheese, pork salad, Cheshire; rolls individually wrapped in tinfoil, labelled with a marker pen in shorthand. I feast … Continue reading →

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It’s OK, I Don’t Have a Life

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Graphite Bunny

I am that special person who whines my way into your shop seconds before the doors close. ‘I just want a…’ Only when I am inside the list unfolds, ‘Do you have a fixing and the tie flange to go … Continue reading →

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Death by Shopping

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Graphite Bunny

Drains beneath the pavement carry the sound of feet drumming on skin. The city’s heart is burning. I am a fly caught in a window display. Watching the slave market – dressed up alongside handbags branded. Trapped behind glass I … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cheer

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Graphite Bunny

Holiday in a long black coat catches her stiletto in a drain and falls; cracking open on the pavement dry and white with salt; spilling inane music and warm plastic snow, thick as holiday shoppers with armfuls of bags and … Continue reading →

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