Author: Kurama

In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softly and suddenly vanished away— For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.     Before the full-scale invasion started. He, now 42. Was one of ‘elves. Top bio-engineers.   Trained to create. Trained […]

In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softly and suddenly vanished away— For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.     When she finished school. She didn’t know. What she wanted to be. So she took up a job.   […]

In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softly and suddenly vanished away— For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.     Like the majority of ‘elves’. On 24 February. 2022 he, now 37, was. “Confused, and scared”.   Some ran […]

In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softly and suddenly vanished away— For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.     Not long ago. She, now 26, worked. As a nightclub administrator. In Prague.   “It felt like everything. Was […]

“Come, listen, my men, while I tell you again The five unmistakable marks By which you may know, wheresoever you go, The warranted genuine Snarks.   “Let us take them in order. The first is the taste, Which is meagre and hollow, but crisp: Like a coat that is rather too tight in the waist, […]

The Bellman himself they all praised to the skies— Such a carriage, such ease and such grace! Such solemnity, too! One could see he was wise, The moment one looked in his face!   He had bought a large map representing the sea, Without the least vestige of land: And the crew were much pleased […]

‘But it isn’t old!’ Tweedledum cried, in a greater fury than ever. in a greater fury than ever.   ‘It’s new, I tell you – I bought it yesterday – my nice NEW RATTLE!’ and his voice rose to a perfect scream.   All this time Tweedledee was trying his best to fold up the […]

‘I am real!’ said Alice, and began to cry. ‘I am real!’ said Alice, and began to cry.   ‘You won’t make yourself a bit realler by crying,’ Tweedledee remarked: ‘there’s nothing to cry about.’   ‘If I wasn’t real,’ Alice said  – half-laughing through her tears, it all seemed so ridiculous – ‘I shouldn’t […]

‘I know they’re talking nonsense,’ Alice thought to herself: ‘and it’s foolish to cry about it.’   So she brushed away her tears, and went on as cheerfully as she could, ‘At any rate   I’d better be getting out of the wood, for really it’s coming on very dark.   Do you think it’s […]

And ‘vorse I may be yet: the worst is not So long as we can say ‘This is the worst.’     “The road is mined. So, we’re stuck here.” Says a woman. Over the phone.   From the rooftop of. From the rooftop of. A fire-damaged house. In southern Ukraine.   “People are trying. […]