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stupid. Because Goldie
wasn’t gorgeous and the
last thing in the world
Aggie was was graceful.
So what a joke that they
both
mindlessly
felt
these names reflected
them and that they as
people were some kind
of natural embodiment of
their name. Pure vanity
drawing on superstition.
And they couldn’t see it.
They made me cringe.
I happened to be in the
kitchen when I overheard
all of this. I’d been looking
for my loaf in the cupboard
at the time, as per usual
– it was too large for the
breadbin which was a silly
shape and an impractical
size for a house with six
people living in it. I found
the loaf at last -- a good
deal shorter than it had
been though, with the
wrapper folded round and
under it to make it look
like a whole loaf again.
It didn’t surprise me that
others had been going
through my food stash and
taking what they wanted
as this was as only what
I’d come to expect of the
housemates. Scum-bags
all. While I was getting
the shorter loaf out of
the cupboard I couldn’t
help listening to Glea and
Aggie droning on. And as
I unfolded the wrapper I
was thinking, ‘That’s what
I should do. Change my
name to annoy the house-
mates.’ Though, I knew
only too well that nobody
would take me seriously
enough to respect my
wishes. I could just hear
Glea whining, ‘But we’re
used to Damien now,’ and
putting her head on one
side in that fetching way
she had – and when I say
fetching I mean I’d like