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Pillow from the left

Jan 13, 2016By Melissa Wellham

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…

Jan 13, 2016Melissa Wellham 0 Comments

Athena

Jan 8, 2016By Melissa Wellham

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…

Jan 8, 2016Melissa Wellham 1 comment

An Equation for Rainbows

Sep 25, 2015By Melissa Wellham

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…

Sep 25, 2015Melissa Wellham 0 Comments

Collarbones like Picasso

Sep 14, 2015By Melissa Wellham

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…

Sep 14, 2015Melissa Wellham 1 comment

In Transit

May 1, 2015By Melissa Wellham

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…

May 1, 2015Melissa Wellham 0 Comments
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