Author Archives: Terry

I don't have ten single solitary monetary units to my name. I could've bought a whole meal, but no, I find the cheapest bottle of wine and a loaf of bread, and thence (I love old fashioned words) position myself overlooking a countryside consisting entirely … Continue reading →

I am standing at the entrance to the freeway trying to hitch a ride. The wind is so strong and so ferociously constant I have to hide behind the on-ramp sign in order to stay upright (for some reason, it seems … Continue reading →

I realise I've got a bit of explaining to do, but I really can't be bothered. I don't get to the internet that often. Anyway, the only reason I do this is to send coded messages to Boo Boo who, as … Continue reading →

Other people have taken me to the supermarket because I look so hungry. One man gave me a bed for the night at his house in the country. Of all his family's home comforts, I loved the shower the most.  

After two weeks on the run, I am beginning to smell. Miraculously, three young people (two girls and a boy) pick me up on some country road and take me to a swimming hole. Naturally, I am astounded at their nakedness.

I choose a group of trees close to the highway and look for a piece of ground without light. In the darkness I rake together a pile of leaves and crawl inside. I listen through my knees to the cold. For the moonless traffic. For the sounds of any intruder. … Continue reading →

By now, I'll be walking between the great orange trees of New York. I'll be skipping over five storey shop rooves in Paris. I'll be boarding the ferry to the Chinese mainland. I am the semblance of a purple ticket. I am under the … Continue reading →

I show my new passport to Ahmed and he just laughs. He can't get over my hairstyle, my new persona. "But this is the truth!" he exclaims. Later on he informs me: "The upshot of democracy is that the very few will end … Continue reading →

Even if my entire family is not dead (I heard they may have been released!) my name is still Tarik. I'd hoped to change my name to Uda, but since I have been taken into the heart of the most noble Ashtuk clan there is no … Continue reading →

So fast we disappear.