Tuesday 17 December 2013

Book Excerpt



The Mother said the only safe part of me, was inside my nose. So, she lodged there, giggling, and my nose honked, and snorted in reply to her,

We talked for a long time. Until she left, or until I just forgot my nose, forgot the attack of fire, even, on my brain.

This was some time at dusk. That's where the damp smell gets friendlier to me, because it's quiet and everyone is asleep, it's where the fried eggs ruddy yolk smell, goes through the air, mixed with cigarette smells. I love this smell all the time; it is like, the warm part of the sun's face.

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