October 17, 2017
“I’m just touching base about the report you’re working on.”
I stare at the stray hair trying so hard to escape her tight bun.
“It will have to be sent off Thursday morning so you’ll really have to hammer it out.”
Looking through the window to the street below I can see the street is filling with people in suits rushing to get food in their lunch break. Their faces scrunched against the wild wind.
“Have you got all this?”
The hair finally escapes and slips down in front of her eyes.
“...Donna?”
“Uhhh yes… got it.”
She quickly brushes her hair out of her face. “Good good, well we really want to make a dependable f...
October 17, 2017
There was an man lived in our apartment, an old man, a quiet man. My girlfriend and I didn’t quite notice when he moved in. He was just there one day. He kept to himself mostly, sitting in the corner eating Saltine crackers and honey. We didn't mind him at the beginning. He was something to show our friends, laugh at behind closed doors and was useful as a coat rack or doormat.
Soon after I didn't get my promotion, the man became more of a presence. He would often use up all our hot water and wifi. He would put the empty milk carton back in the fridge and eat the two-day-old Chinese food that my girlfriend...
October 17, 2017
Can you feel it? The cool, crisp, bite of
A cold winter's morning
Sun creeping its way
Up behind the desolate apartments
Rows and rows
All empty
Their residents long since grew
Tired of the incessant ramblings of
The homeless outside
There she sits
Perched precariously
On the edge of the
Rickety park bench
Book in hand
The luscious green grass at her feet
Coated with a soft layer of frost
The same frost that left a damp ring at the edges of her boots
She dries them on your doormat
As she walks in
A small brown line frames her
Pink lips, the sweet coffee you
Made for her to bring up the mood
On this cold winter's morning
She pa...
October 16, 2017
(editor: We don't normally publish letters like this, but it has been an election year, and this was a great letter)
Dear Jacinda Ardern,
I am writing this letter to thank you for the Labour Party’s commitment towards pay equity. As a young women, I want to live in a society where I know my gender will not affect my wages and I’m thrilled that the Labour party is committed to making this happen.
I know that the Labour party is already dedicated to scraping and reforming the unjust Pay Equity legislation but I’m writing today to ensure that making wage transparency part of that new bill is a priority for Labo...
