Endow With~ By Merlin Flower

The neighbour across the wall is angry.
She sings a rap song:

Mother Fucker- low pitch
Mother Fucker - high pitch
Mother Fucker - high pitch

Mother Fucker- twenty more times in a middle pitch.

Should I record this?

After ten minutes, she appends the song,
accusing incest between,
mother and son,
sister and brother,
father and daughter.

Thirty years ago her husband died.
The neighbours praised her,
“You are brave not to remarry.”
“Your love for your husband is inspirational.”
“Your kids will thank you, one day.”
“blah...blah...blah..”

Take it you people,
You deserve it.

Packed off.

‘Run fatty, run,’ they chevied.
Legs and hands shook sideways; the head; breasts moved up and down.

‘She’s nodding,’ they jeered, ‘are you always obedient?’
Linking it to mere cruelty I stood to catch my drowsy breath.

‘ho ho, frightful..we’ll need a truck to move her’
Thereupon, I took a tissue to wipe off the creeks flowing by.

‘She sighs like an owl,’ said one, adding, ‘I have never seen any owl.”
Eroded in red I looked around and sneezed, rather voluntarily.

‘chips, bacon, lo, lo, fries, burger and chicken for you,’ they sang.

I said, “stretch and none of you will be more than two inches.”


Author Bio:
Merlin Flower is an independent artist and writer. Her works have appeared in magazines like Contemporary Literary Review India, S-tick, CoffeeshopPoems, Tincture magazine, Empty Mirror. some of her art work can be found at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Merlin-Flower-Art/203803286317952