Paper Bodies: Paper Bodies
PAPER BODIES: PAPER BODIES Every year, around one hundred and fifty people commit suicide on the London Underground. One hundred and fifty, just as many as the number of rainy days in this country. On average, a person every three days takes a one-way train. Do you ever think about death, darling? Do you ever think about one-way trains? I think about them constantly. I’m thinking about them now, as I talk to you. Even now that you’re on a platform, too, that you're looking for me, and looking for me, and looking for me. Thinking back, darling, this was never a love story.
The Sweetest Fruit
The boy gasped, straining against the padded frame of the jeep just as the vehicle slowly came to a halt. ‘Look!’ he shouted, pointing at a spot about a hundred feet from the group. ‘Look, Mum! That’s so cool!’
