40 years ago
He became an architect when he grew up.
Author Archives: Shubnum Khan
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To Lean One’s Head
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Continue readingI shall be a smiling old woman in purple
I saw an old woman the other day. She had slippers on and sat in the shoe section of Woolworths leaning against a wall. I was fascinated by her – her wrinkles, her coloured socks and her warm hat. I wanted more information on her; I had a sudden hot […]
2006
2006 I dyed my hair blonde I broke a promise to myself I grew my hair long I cut it (December) I started a blog I fell in love with croissants I found the most fantabulous hair remover in the world I gave a stranger my earrings in a bathroom […]
A Story without a Boy
Aunty A from Pochefstroom came down to a house to inspect whether a certain girl was worthy of her son. The parents of said girl welcomed these unknown parents of said boy into their home eventhough the parents of said boy were well, without a boy. So these parents without […]
Mad Girl’s Love Song
Mad Girl’s Love SongBy Sylvia Plath “I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;I lift my lids and all is born again.(I think I made you up inside my head.)The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,And arbitrary blackness gallops in:I shut my eyes and all the […]
The Girl On the Tarmac
One sunny day, when the air was hot, she lay on the tarmacfelt the heat burn her face, while the gravelly bits stuckto her cheek and poked her knees.‘Come to eat,’ her mother hollered.‘Oh, not again,’ she replied. She turned on her back and watched the hard skyblind her eyes […]
