The Strange Life of Julian Stirling


He was the second of three sisters and lived normally until he was nine when he suffered colour blindness. At the age of twenty-one he wrote his solitary poem.

Sibling X  

When Jessica took a shower she noticed that the descending spray travelled with economy over the cherry red tiles.

She was watched by her brother Julian

Who noticed that when he took a shower that the descending spray travelled with economy over the leaf green tiles.

He was watched by his sister Alice

Who noticed that when she took a shower that the descending spray travelled with economy over the slate grey tiles.

When sharing their evening meal Jessica, Julian and Alice decided to remove the coloured tiles from the bathroom and replace them with white tiles as the water from the shower travelled with economy over coloured tiles.

 

He now lives peacefully with sisters in Westmorland

 

 


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