You taught me that kerning is the space between c h a r a c t e r s in a text And leading the space between lines The word interval is a direct translation from the Latin “space between the walls” Interstice is at least as obscure as lacuna but without the poetry A … Continue reading Spaces
Poetry
Please visit my grave barefoot
Please visit my grave barefoot and with yesterday's leftover pizza. Cold is fine. Don't bring me roses. Jasmine will do. Dig a hole and plant an avocado tree. Use my ashes as fertilizer. Or throw them in the ocean. Let me soak up the Atlantic with my last dying embers. Don't tell them I was … Continue reading Please visit my grave barefoot
Asystole
Doctor, help! No pulse! Fifteen years. Doctor, help! . Start compressions. Check file. For max. Start compressions. . Doctor, help. No line. Check neck. No pulse. . Thirty beats. Two breaths. Thirty beats. Two breaths. . Line in. Adrenaline stat. Two breaths. Asystole. . Fifteen years. Previously well. For max. Asystole. . Thirty beats. Two … Continue reading Asystole
Mementos
I have left pieces of myself All over this city With all sorts of people: A water bottle in the bathroom of Kirstenbosch gardens A Tupperware in the back of an Uber An earring under someone's bed. In return I have collected pieces of other people Sometimes intentionally, a trade of sorts And sometimes not … Continue reading Mementos
I will run
The clouds glow orange and pinkAnd a colour I’m sure has no nameThe world is wakingThe sun is laying out her waresI can hear someone sweeping their stepsThe lady across the road(who always smiles at me)Is opening her shuttersA few blocks down I can already make out the garbage vanRumbling through the streets of WoodstockDisposing … Continue reading I will run
Quote Unquote
Every morning I wake up before the sun, because cats. And because I like the world better before it rises. Every morning I sit quietly and sip my coffee before I do anything else, because caffeine. And because if I am quiet enough I can hear the call to prayer. Every morning I let that … Continue reading Quote Unquote
Douwe Egberts
I can’t stop thinking about The jar of Douwe Egberts in my kitchen cupboard. I can’t stop thinking about my patient’s brother. And how his eyes filled with tears as he told me about his first cup of coffee. Douwe Egberts he said (He prefers Jacobs now but that was the best cup of coffee … Continue reading Douwe Egberts
A kidney for a life
On Wednesday I saw a patient in one of the renal clinics who reminded me that human beings are made of goodness. It was a busy day, one of those days where you feel like you are being pulled in a million different directions; frayed on every end. I had so many tabs open in … Continue reading A kidney for a life
Ode to the girl’s girl
Ode to the girl's girl. Thanks for the tampon girl! The you should meet my best friend girl. Driving down Beach Road blaring Taylor Swift girl. The send me a voice note girl. Equipped with red wine and an axe girl. Ode to the girl's girl. The fuck the diet, just buy a bigger size … Continue reading Ode to the girl’s girl
If this was 1692 my friends and I would be burned at the stake for witchcraft
And thank God for that. We are doing this life right. All wild and willful and wholly independent Healers and helpers and forward thinkers ... We are doing this life right Childless. Chainless. Charmed. Healers and helpers and forward thinkers Refusing to walk on our knees repenting … Childless. Chainless. Charmed. Defiant. Deviant. Depraved. Divine. … Continue reading If this was 1692 my friends and I would be burned at the stake for witchcraft
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