Fun Facts!

When I got bored during primary school, I liked to sit back and revise words.

It was as if I’d get rewarded with ecstatic loving arms on the off chance I perfectly strung them together in iambic pentameter. Did this grinding have much use outside, in the real world? Not a single bit. That was the fun of it.

I liked to memorise facts, like for instance: Did you know there are 117 million lakes in the world! And I don’t belong here.

There are 7 million nerves in a human body? I long to be touched.

Grass isn’t supposed to grow tall. I need somebody to look over me.

Acacia trees can warn each other of danger. I never learned how.

Mayflies only live for 24 hours. Living is harder than I thought it would be.

Metamorphosis

The worst is over, now. The Mourning Dove consoles me with the promise of salvation. The specks of grass are soaking in the last few raindrops of spring And the meek mosquitoes can’t wait to emerge from their hibernation. The next is soon now. But when the early bird

Watermelon Seeds

As a child, I’d spit out watermelon seeds. I made belief my skin would ripen, my knees would cave in and my stomach would broaden thrice its size. I’ve always been a little girl pleading for no harm with melon juice steaming from my mouth.

In the Crooks and Crannies

I couldn't do anything today but make a cup of tea. All I wanted. And if I wanted more I couldn’t do it anyways. But there’s something loving in a mug handle: Let’s hold hands so you don't burn yourself. And if my

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Metamorphosis

Watermelon Seeds

In the Crooks and Crannies