architectonic
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architectonic

I like the way that everyone lives here. Bodies stacked up in streets. All lives organised into rows and blocks and apartments and rooms. Quadrants made entirely out of residents.

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train
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train

I only feel like I belong to the city when I’m on the train. An anonymous figure perfectly slotting into the puzzle crafted by thousands of other commuters.

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Jigsaw
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Jigsaw

My dreams are potent at the moment. I suppose that's what I get for not sleeping until 3.30 and then waking up at 6 every day: constantly opening my eyelids mid-dream so that for the rest of the day, my life is stained by a jigsaw of abstract images.

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South
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South

Welcome to London.

That's all I keep thinking as I hammer my finger into the pedestrian crossing button. I know it doesn’t do anything, but I like to imagine the city feels some pain at my disposal of street etiquette; wait for the lights to turn green, press the button once etcetera.

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January 2019
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January 2019

It's dark at 4.00 and my fingers are blue and red and numb and walking home feels just like it always does, only darker.

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