Author: Emily Carr

“Me”

Published: 1953
Written by Emily Carr
Categories: Uncategorized

I was not always polite, not always biddable. The monotony bored me. I despised the everlasting red tape, the sheep-like stupidity. What one did, all did, and because they always had done such and such it meant that they always must. Doctor McNair was a pretty good sort,…

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The Joker

Published: 1953
Written by Emily Carr
Categories: Uncategorized

Angelina Judd was not the only patient fired with desire to cheer her fellows. There was Susie Spinner, a sparrow-like creature with a giggle, and nostrils that bored into her face like a pair of keyholes. You saw these black holes before you saw Susie. All the rest of…

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Orchid

Published: 1953
Written by Emily Carr
Categories: Pause

Hokey stood at the foot of my bed, holding a single flower up for my inspection, fully conscious that this was some splendid thing she had to offer. It was an uncanny flower with a pouchy body as big as a pigeon’s egg. It was yellow, splotched with…

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