Category: Life the universe and everything
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Group Therapy
The other day I heard a group of ladybirds is called a loveliness A group of butterflies? A kaleidoscope When sharks get together it’s called a shiver And when starlings fly in a swarm: a murmuration I wonder what a group of people is called when they sit together and their souls align When love…
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Waiting
Dear past, present and future friend, Hi. How are you? The rain is beating down on my window sill and creating quite a ruckus. It poured for hours today. I don’t know if it’s the lack of sun or just the range of emotions surging inside me, but I’ve felt inexplicably gloomy all day. To…
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Zombies Aren’t All Bad
Until a few days ago, the idea of getting attacked by an undead person was horrifying enough for me to steer clear of all zombie-related content. As fate would have it—as it often does—I somehow found myself smack in the middle of the perfect zombie apocalypse video game: The Walking Dead by Telltale Games. And…
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Breathtaking
Never again will we be able to say something is breathtaking It’ll be frowned upon like one of those words that age poorly It’ll be something that loses its meaning another word turned obsolete by another tragedy After the dust settles after the smoke dissipates after the tears dry up Maybe one day we’ll be…
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Hello, new city
There’s always this one moment when you move to a new city. You know the one I’m talking about? The moment that says “You’re one of us now. Make yourselves at home.” That happened to me yesterday. I’ll just get to it in a moment. We had plans of moving to Hyderabad in March 2020.…