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mothering

A collection of 6 issues

#6:47.

The message pings at 6:47. It wakes the floorboards. Then the dogs. Then the thought that the world has changed. The curtains observe. The kettle prepares. An old lawyer in Monaco wants her thoughts on a case he calls complicated. He does not ask for her time. He moves

#28. Basel – Mulhouse – Letting Go.

Guten Abend. Achtung. This is your crew speaking. We will shortly begin the process of letting go. Please take a moment to locate the exits. Your child will not use them. He lives here now. Ensure all visiting emotions are stored securely before take‑off. Do not block the aisle

Don't Embarrass Me

‘How awful it was, thought Tessa, remembering Fats the toddler, the way tiny ghosts of your living children haunted your heart; they could never know, and would hate it if they did, how their growing was a constant bereavement.’ – J.K. Rowling, The Casual Vacancy The ghost is small. Still

Elastic Distance

Departure begins with luggage limits. A scale claims to decide how much of one life may pass into another. The house has taken on your absence – like damp. The dogs make rounds as if another door might open onto you. I’m in twin minds. Your mess is gone. The

You Are Not the Room

You are not the room. Not the thick air, the chipped mug, the mould on the bathtub. Not the silence that clings to the ceiling, or the rot of hours with no answers. You are not broken, doomed, undeserving, a fraud. Nothing wasted, nothing lost. You’re just stuck – like

Dream of my Dogs

I dreamed last night of impossible births, grey feathers shifting to fur, chirps dancing beneath a strange oak table. My two – Sig and Doof – lying there, old eyes glistening with the weight of years, straining to give me their young. Yet only strange half-creatures came. I whispered to them,

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