I took his pillow from the left side of the bed for the first time since he left. My head was thick with sickness and I couldn’t smell him there. The last time I had the flu we ran outRead more…
Athena
Dear woman: pick me as your patron deity. Because I was born in armour and no man has ever cracked it. Because I invented the bridle and taught men to tame horses (to distract them from tying up whores, theRead more…
An Equation for Rainbows
Descartes drew an equation for rainbows: he invented analytic geometry and applied it to beauty. Something inexplicable explained but no more touchable and tangible. Descartes thought and so he existed: cogito ergo sum. He willed himself to be tangible soRead more…
Collarbones like Picasso
Went to a gallery with the girl and I couldn’t keep my eyes on the walls. She was infinitely more interesting than oils. She had cheeks like Botticelli collarbones like Picasso and breasts like something from Cézanne: not mountainous landscapes,Read more…
In Transit
The plane is coasting towards the ground, and when we break through the cloud cover I get my first look at Thailand. The patchwork fields feature long stripes of bright green, broken up by darker-coloured glass mirrors. I later learnRead more…