MAYHEM
Issue Two – November 2014
ISSN 2382-0322
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Rachael Elliott
Kali goes to Christmas Dinner
Kali leaves her kitchen
behind
wet newspaper
becomes a kitten
scrabbling on the road
eyes shine
from coke cans
she drives into the rain
and the pain uncurls
behind her eyes
Her uterus is up for discussion
frayed female
flatmate wanted
the orange spanking spoon
left in the pan
burns
can’t handle the heat
bin it
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Issue Two – November 2014
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ISSN 2382-0322
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clamp
cut the cord
Exactly what sort of job
will you do
after all this university study?
strawberry tops
fall
like snow
to cover the tissues in the bin
and how much will you make?
The turkey reminds Kali
she needs new moisturiser
none for Christmas
just a pink lipstick
lotus flower candle holder
‘Grow Your Own Boyfriend’
just add water.
scaled legs
wrap around her chest
squeeze
Kali clicks herself on the table
Isis and Demeter pull crackers
for foetuses and paper hats
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Her mother gifts Kali
a 6 litre slow cooker
and a 5 piece platter set
in blue and yellow
to feed her unborn children
her unwed man
as Kali’s Master’s degree is for
husband hunting
but no crossbow
for Christmas
Her mother preaches the Christmas sermon:
Kali will never know love
she needs a husband
to look after her bills
equality comes later
wiping a man’s ass
when he is old
repays
the financial debt
of a swollen belly
She does not notice
men’s cheating hands
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cut, spread over Kali’s waist
their lie spun heads
hung from her ears
She does not see
Kali’s lover kneel
beg her to put her feet on him
that he might kiss them
so he can sleep
Merry mother fucking Christmas.
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