I bought Sarah an egg.
On buying a friend a Kur’s Egg, the lie that lets a gift be given, and the one-word text that said everything back.
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I have begun to assess walls.
On a profile in the Marina, the wall that was paler in Devon, and the question of which wall, exactly, is mine.
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He has gone to Halfords. I waited. She did not elaborate.
On a friend marking GCSE papers with her shoes still on, a husband who has gone to Halfords, and a bar that is, I now understand, low.
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Sarah is taking charge.
On brunch with a friend in a clinic era, a prescription named twice in twelve minutes, and the small object on the bedside table.
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I have agreed to do something. I am not going to correct anyone about how it went.
On being given a brief, opening a notebook, crossing out a word, and accepting a great deal of credit for work I did not do.
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In defence of a warm egg.
On Kur's Egg, and on the small reliable pleasure of holding something warm in your hand before anything else has happened.
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Everything got more expensive.
A receipt, a shopping list, the rent. And One Hot Bunny, which still costs forty-seven pounds.
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I took a week off.
A hotel, a wellness schedule, a fountain pen I never used. The rest of it is here.
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Suction is having a moment. I have declined most of it.
Most of the suction in my life is happening to vegetables. I have made my peace with one exception.
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I don't have opinions about products. I have observations.
From the critic's desk. Build, material, sound, weight. The four things I notice before anything else.
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Quiet luxury starts at four hundred pounds for a jumper.
Two jumpers, one tag. The economics of restraint and the receipts that follow.
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I learned what edging is.
A Thursday. A clock at 10:45. The rest of the afternoon, in summary.
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I don't do wellness. I also haven't slept properly in three months.
Filed from the kitchen counter. Mostly observational. Slightly aggrieved.
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So it turns out using a vibrator together is actually good for your relationship.
Two of everything on the bedside table. The piece that started this.
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