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51: Living After the Edge

Musings on George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, and Stephen King
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50: How to save the birds
I met my girlfriend, Alice, at an open mic night seven years ago.
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49: Mordor
In secondary school, Mr Musty, my housemaster, would sit us down on the school football field and tell us about different types of sports.
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48: If This Is Supposed to Be the Best Time of My Life, What Happens to the Rest of My Life?
Does it all just go downhill from here?
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47: Does my level of effort match the level of my desire?
Sometimes, I wonder if I’m confusing motion with progress. Like yes, I’m moving, but am I moving in the most effective way?
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46: Fondre
My lover and I have moved in together, into a house just three minutes from the High Street. It’s a beautiful house, I must mention. The doors are…
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45: Desire is embarrassing
I am embarrassed by my desire
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44: You can grieve the things you never had
At midnight on the 19th of February, I dig a grave, lower the casket, and cover it with earth–but there is no body.
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