Decline

Looks fab. Alas I
tame the feral youths
of Wythenshawe on Wednesdays.



Taken from a friend's facebook page, turning down an invitation on 3rd October 2011. Submitted by Ailsa Holland.

The summers of his youth

In Algiers, you don’t talk about ‘going swimming’
but ‘knocking off for a swim’.

I won’t insist.

People swim in the harbour
and then go rest on the buoys.

When you pass a buoy
where a pretty girl is sitting,

you shout to your friends,
‘I tell you it’s a seagull’.

These are healthy pleasures.
They certainly seem ideal to the young men.



A quote from Albert Camus found in this essay. Submitted by Rishi Dastidar.