I never liked the number 22.
Finally, I feel 21.
Finally 21.
Cheska, a 20-year old med student who still feels 17.
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28
Apr
What made her take the risk? Sheba said to me, once. ‘But the truth is, Barbara, doing that kind of thing is easy. You know how you sometimes have another drink even though you know you’re going to have a hangover tomorrow? Or, or, you take a bite of a doughnut, even though you know it’s going straight to your thighs? Well, it’s like that. You keep saying No, no, no until the moment you say, Oh bugger it. Yes.’
27
Apr
I happened to ask her if anything about the first embrace had surprised her. She laughed. Yes, the smell of the whole thing had been surprising, she said… When the moment arrived, what I actually inhaled was soap, tumble-dried laundry… You know the washing-machine vapour that envelops you sometimes, walking past the basement vents of building? Like that. So clean, Barbara.
