The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Sunday November 7th, 2021
“Asylum Piece” #ShortStory #Fiction by Abigail George
I water my plants when I come home. Snip off a dead leaf. My mother heard the key in the door. She calls out to me. She is in the kitchen making supper. I put my bag down on the countertop and reach for a mug. I take the milk out of the fridge, pour it into the mug and sit down at the kitchen table. It’s been a long day. Francis was all over me at work today. I had to do this. Do that. I forgot I had to do admin from the previous day. All I want to do now is take a bath and sleep. Kick off my shoes, massage my feet, pray after, write in my journal, and then sleep. My mother is still beautiful. I have this sense that she can marry again if she wants to.
My mother is wearing jeans and Gladiator-sandals. Her hair is pulled up, away from her face but there are a few strands that have come loose from the elastic band. Her shirt has barbecue stains on it from the previous day. We ate chicken the previous day. I want to ask her why she didn’t wear that the previous day. I feel detached from her. My father truly was my best friend. I feel as if I’m reaching the onomatopoetic text of the objects on the table in front of me. I don’t drink coffee anymore. I can feel the adrenaline pumping through me when I do. I have had no child growing in my womb. No husband who dictates the priorities of my life.
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“Gypsy Heart” #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
“My soul was nebulised
Through wisps and vapours
Rising up in tendrils with
The cigarette and pot smoke
In the cool night air
As they sang ‘buffalo soldier’
In the sprawled camp next to
The truck stop, the sounds
Of reggae floating up over the
Valley and desert floor.”
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Fika bonding! 21#18 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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