How to explain to the earth that it was more functional as a vegetable patch than a flower garden, just as factories were more functional than schools and boys were more functional as weapons than as humans.
Kamila ShamsieThereโs a ghost of a dream that you donโt even try to shake free off because youโre too in love with the way she haunts you.
Kamila ShamsieBijli fails in the dead of night / Wonโt help to call โI need a lightโ / Youโre in Karachi now / Oh, oh youโre in Karachi now. / Night is falling and you just cant see / Is this illusion or KESC / Youโre in Karachi now
Kamila ShamsieWe should have stories in common, I found myself thinking. We should have stories, and jokes no one understands, and memories that we know will stay alive because neither of us will let the other forget.
Kamila Shamsie