MAYHEM
Issue Two – November 2014
ISSN 2382-0322
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Jessica Howatson
Clichés
Blue top –light not darkwarm in a glass
just enough
to make your fingertips feel fire
before it hits the floor
a cacophony
of splinters on ceramics
rain on the roof
each breath is tequila
burning
it’ll take more than alcohol
to drown this out
Submission comes
in the form of falling
Ear to the ground
cheek on tiles
shatter shards on skin
bleeding
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MAYHEM
Issue Two – November 2014
ISSN 2382-0322
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to the whitewash
that’s salted to taste
with the tears
that tricked their way
into battle
like so many Trojan horses
now is the time to cry
what else is spilt milk good for?
the world is
too many pieces
scattered across your palms
you’ve never seen suicide so close
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