Posts by Azuka
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We sat glowering over our glasses at each other. A muscle twitched in his jaw and he was holding his glass so tightly I thought it would explode in his hand. Sarah returned from the Ladies’ and took her seat between us. There were the beginnings of a smile on her lips and I guessed […]
Lingerie
I had just come back down from the third floor where Kwame, Amir and I had been trying to solve some questions in readiness for the second part of Dr Hodge’s Calculus II test today (it’s 1:37 am). My clothes had been sitting in the washing machine for a while and I remembered to stop […]
Anger
I can’t remember what P said to me. I couldn’t even remember what it had been a day later. That said, whatever it was was enough to set me off. My blood boiled. He knew that look. He knew I got angry very easily. He was bigger than I was and would have given me […]
Why, why, why?
What is the meaning of life? Why do I suddenly feel so empty? Why do I feel there isn’t any point? Why, why, why?
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I had walked into my friend’s room to get a haircut from his roommate. ‘Hi sexy!’ someone called out. I looked up to see who it was. It was a girl, pretty and with this haute look from under the hat she had drawn down over one eye. I’ve always believed gender doesn’t matter when […]
Gourmand
Noun gourmand (plural gourmands) a person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink. A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. I’ve been gaining a lot of weight in the past few months and I was beginning to wonder if it had anything to do with my drinking hot chocolate and eating bread […]