A S H Smyth

For the record: that page I’ve turned down – 102 – in the Alain de Botton paperback (the one with the Cambodian price sticker) is to mark the linguistic curiosity of the author’s ‘goo-goo gaga’ [inconsistent hyphenation of onomatopoeia]; not the stuff about Eric – the protagonist – and his alleged emotional coldness.

Don’t count your tachyons before they are

A beautiful girl eats chips with her mouth open. ‘The average age of everybody…’ she begins.

A. I love you. B. Fuck you.

I remember that summer as being of great importance. Or, rather: I remember that summer – and that seems important.