The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Sunday February 26th, 2023
Photographs #fiction by Abigail George
‘You’re all muscle now I must think,’ I told Mel.
‘No, I’m toned.’
‘Well, you’ve been working out hard, I imagine. You earned that hard little body. I mean, don’t you run every weekend now. I don’t know how you do it. Marathons and all that. I don’t know how you cope under all that pressure and stress every day, week in, week out at your job. I mean, you were always perfect. You didn’t have to lose all that weight literally.’
‘Yes, I know. I just like looking after myself. It doesn’t hurt when you look good.’ Was this meant for me, I thought to myself. Mel just laughed.
‘I know I look good. I mean, now I look great but it’s challenging doing it this way. It’s a whole lifestyle. You have to eat right and think write and exercise. If you don’t do it, nobody is going to do it for you. Nobody is going to believe in you.’ Yes, I nodded to myself, she is talking to me.
‘I try.’
‘Well.’ Mel said. ‘I don’t think you try hard enough. You don’t get out of the house. You only have one body and don’t you want your body to last you a lifetime?’ I could hear the whine and nag in Mel’s tone now. I didn’t want a fight on my hands. She cried. Made it seem as if she didn’t provoke anything. Didn’t start anything with her mean attitude and her sour grapes tone of voice.
‘I’m only saying this to you Dawn, because I’m your sister and no one else will have the guts to say it to your face. I say it because I love you. You’re fat.’
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Lightbulb Moments: III #poem by Neil Leadbeater
“Priestley discovering the composition of atmosphere
and Toricelli’s invention of the barometer
was a 60 watt lightbulb moment.”
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A fistful of cactus #49 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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