My hair is still damp from the rain and I flick the tips towards a stranger. Where we can powder our noses? we ask you because it is necessary to transform ourselves with carefully placed kirby grips and shiny lips. You start to give directions but your voice fades because your eyes watch an elderly [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rain’
Day 38
Posted in Age: 31-40, Gender: Male, Location: Arts Venue, tagged city, conversations, creative writing, literature, london, One Hundred Days To Make Me A Better Person, rain, strangers, wine, writing on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 29
Posted in Age: 21-30, Gender: Male, Location: Shop/Market, tagged chunukah, city, conversations, creative writing, literature, london, rain, raining, strangers, umbrella, writing on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You walk into the shop, shaved head, downturned mouth and ask for Chanukah candles. The small ones are cheap and colourful but last only a couple of hours, so the thick, twisted choice suits. You need to concentrate, you lean your umbrella against the shelves. As you decide, I see you twist the skin on [...]
Day 22
Posted in Age: under 10, Gender: Male, Location: Outside/Street/Park, tagged bikes, city, conversations, creative writing, deer, donkey, hampstead heath, heath, literature, london, owl, rain, running, strangers, writing on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I run in the rain, through the heath, down a private road, to the park. The donkeys wave. Two owls peer out. You have a toy airplane in your hand and make it sweep through the air. You lift it up to show the others, making it fly over their heads. Look! you say. Magic. [...]
Day 11
Posted in Age: 41-50, Gender: Male, Location: Shop/Market, tagged city, conversations, creative writing, exmouth market, hula hoops, literature, london, rain, strangers, writing on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You’re watching a portable television as you serve me.
