A Lost Head

Come in, please excuse the mess - my head fell off

earlier this week and it’s very difficult to tidy without one.

Here sit down - cup of tea? Biscuit? You’ll have to boil

the kettle yourself, I’m under strict orders from the GP

to avoid electrical appliances until we can reattach aforementioned head. 

Absolute nightmare. 

How is Chris dealing with all of this? I’m sorry 

you’ll have to speak up - my ears are somewhere in the other room.

What a palaver! 

Gosh you’ve really caught me at a bad time.

‘wash ur hands’ by Willa Hilditch, an artist living in Hereford, England

They offered me a temporary one you know -

I had no idea they could even do that, did you? 

I tried it for a bit - couldn’t get used to it and 

the neck didn’t fit right. 

Sent it straight back haha! 

Oh, you have to go? 

Well let’s catch up in 6-8 weeks it should be 

back on by then. They say it will feel heavier

after so long without one but it will look the same, 

thank God! 

Ok bye, bye then! 

Oh, and if you bump into Susan would you mind

not mentioning the “situation” as it were? 

I’ve told her I’m holidaying in St Ives - easier don’t you think? 

Right yes, goodbye, bye darling, 

bye. 

Gloria Hamlyn

Gloria Hamlyn is a physicist living in Suffolk and working for a festival of Ideas.

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