King Kalaafaan Manuscripts
How the Maldives monarchy treasured the remembrance of a fallen king for more than four hundred years.
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Drugs, bats and the banyan tree
I have to call my dealer. I don’t want to but my girlfriend’s going mental. The drug’s got such a big hold on her. It’s meant to be harmless isn’t it, marijuana? But looking at her, the anger on her tiny face, the desperation...
Tonight's Epilogue
"Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example, 'The night is starry and the stars are blue and shiver in the distance.' The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. Tonight I can write the saddest lines..." - Pablo Neruda -...
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You're running through dusty streets of Baghdad Tumbling down red sand The distant prayer calling for your survival Distinct echoes of your footsteps A hymn of bare skin and dirt Asking for nothing but forgiveness
Dreams (or other people suck)
“There is a kind of place that you can access only in dreams,” he says. “It is vicious, unhinged, formless horrors scudding back and forth across an impenetrable sky.” He sips from a cup of tea and lights a cigarette. “Sometimes they touch the...
White
We sat in a room of white, of depressed paint, of peeled plaster. We sat in a room of white, waist deep in nostalgia and yellow bile. We sat in a room of white; the crimson possibility of death incarnadined on our sore wrists....
I HEART CIGARETTES
When my mother was seventeen she was pregnant with me and she smoked an awful lot of cigarettes. I think this has affected me. Ever since I came of age, I’ve craved endless cigarettes, All kinds; regulars. lights. Cigarettes with menthol. Fruit flavored. Nutty. It’s...
Dream in Symmetry
I awaken to find myself in a dreamy sleep. My teeth fly from my head as metal does to a magnet. I am floating in everything and nothing. I am floating in the Void. Terrors and fears meld with memory to create a grotesque...
ސަރުކާރުގެ އިސްވެރިންގެ އޯޑަރާއެކު އިންސާނުންގެ ހައްގުތަކަށް އަރައިގަންނަ ހަތިޔާރެއްގެ ގޮތުގައި އަނެއްކާވެސް މޯލްޑިވްސް ޕޮލިސް ސަރވިސްގެ ވެރިން އެތަން ބޭނުންކުރަން ފަށައިފި! މިއީ ދިވެހި ފުލުހުން ގަބޫލުކުރާ ގޮތްބާ؟
ހައްތަހާވެސް މިފަހަކަށް އައިސް އިވެނީ "ފުލުހުންގެ ވާޖިބު އަދާކުރުމަށް ހުރަސްއަޅައިގެން" ކޮންމެވެސް ޕްރޮޓެސްޓްކުރާ ޒުވާނެއް، މައެއް، ބަފައެއް، ނޫސްވެރިއެއް، ސިޔާސީގޮތުން ހަރަކާތްތެރިވާ އިދިކޮޅު ލީޑަރެއް، ހިފާ އޮބަހައްޓަމުން ބިޑިއަޅުވައިގެން ގެންގޮސް ހަޑިހުތުރުބަހުން ހަޅޭލަވާ،...
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