We Will Be Fine

When I go to a wedding,
I make models of the happy couple,
move the little plasticine arms
until they snap.
Spiky, and as ominous as snow in June, We Will Be Fine is full of wistful yearning and eerie surrealism. With an arch, ironic tone that belies the precision of its imagery, this pamphlet lampoons the fallacy of the picture perfect relationship. The seemingly romantic and domestic is rendered silly, Sisyphean and downright absurd. But amongst the fatalist cynicism and dark humour are, I promise, sublime moments of fleeting tenderness. Expect magic, flying, burnt dinners and naked mole rats, just don’t hold out for happily-ever-after.

Part of Little Betty 2025, edited by Anja Konig and Vanessa Kisuule.