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May. pistachios and rose water. leaving the house without a jacket for the first time. a new writing routine, pages stiff with bullet point-scribbles. rain-dripping chestnut blossoms. Nabokov. white tea with rose petals. first hopeful hints of summer florals, of jasmine, ylang ylang and orange blossoms. lunch in the park. Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek. reading obsessively – sinking into daydreams, the warm comfort of nonfiction, letting poetry melt on my tongue. rosy-warm evenings after dance class. capturing fleeting moments of happiness and pressing them between pages of my journal.

How many times have I remembered?

I will not accept a life I do not deserve.

Alexa Demie for Interview Magazine, 2019 | Ph by Alana O'Herlihy

Rita Donagh

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