Four

Paul Kavanagh

March 2006

dolly hit molly upon the pate. blood shot out and painted jim so kim swabbed his mug and slapped dolly. molly looked at kim and kicked jim in the sack. jim knew that he was defeated sat and drank. but the glass was the glass that held the whiskey of kim. dolly said that she couldn’t live with molly anymore. jim was silent. kim said that dolly could move in with kim and jim. molly said that if dolly moved in with jim and kim that she would cut her wrist. dolly bellowed that a joke of that kind was not welcome at kim and jim’s. kim turned white and jim laughed at the joke. once dolly had tied a knot around her neck. dolly stood upon a chair and prayed. the pray consisted of a want list. dolly wanted to be happy, she wanted molly to get cancer, she wanted kim to be runover and finally she wanted jim to drown in his own piss and shit. yes it had to be piss and shit for jim was always complaining about the mess of dolly and molly. dirtiness was an anathema to jim but not to kim. kim was a dirty bitch that wallowed in the dirt of fagan and reagan her two cats. So with the rope tightly squeezing the life out of her dolly kicked, pissed and shat and she hadn't’ even kicked the chair away. outside a bus rode past and all looked into the window at the magic trick. all the people on the bus could see was dolly’s feet levitating. dolly cried for a better life, more sunshine less rain more wine less beer more money less poverty more sex less men. and so dolly kicked away the chair. the pain was sharp and quickly focused its attention around her neck. dolly fought for air and kicked pissed and shat herself. she thought of the complaining of jim and the work kim would have to do to clean up the mess. o the shame upon the floor and to have a whore clean up her mess. dolly endeavored to untie the knot. she fought the rope but the rope was tenacious. death was pulling at her feet. dolly turned upon the rope and saw her reflection in the mirror. she was red then white then blue then white then red again. slowly the colours became a kaleidoscopic mess as dolly twirled round and round. upon the rope she rotated until the puke built up around the dam. soon she would choke and pass me. but before this the rope unwound and dolly hit the floor and bloodied her pate. lying in piss and shit jim found dolly. at first he was about to call the doctor until molly said that dolly was drunk. jim asked where was the bottle and kim said in the kitchen. jim ordered kim to get the bottle while molly helped dolly to her feet. sitting dolly said she had had an epiphany. jim turned on the television while dolly told molly about her epiphany. molly saw the rope and knew that dolly had been at it again. jim turned and saw molly start to kiss dolly. jim turned off the television. kim brought jim his bottle. jim poured himself a drink. kim said he should not just pour for him, that molly dolly and kim would like a drink. seeing dolly and molly kiss jim poured the whiskey. kim gravitated to jim but jim watched molly and dolly. after much kissing molly turned dolly’s head and pointed to the rope. dolly was speechless. so were jim and kim. dolly stood up and bellowed that nobody loved her. jim turned on the television and kim comforted dolly. molly picked up the rope and showed it to jim. jim laughed when he saw the television. heartless proclaimed molly. jim drank and watched kim kiss dolly but it was not the same as watching molly kiss dolly. but molly also saw kim kiss dolly. molly punched kim. left jab below the eye molly hit kim. jim turned off the television and finished his glass. kim kicked molly and molly pulled kim’s hair. dolly looked at jim but jim could not help kim. molly head butted kim and dislodged three teeth. kim poked molly in the left eye. the eye flooded blood and left molly with only one clear eye. dolly knowing jim would not help kim stopped molly from stabbing kim with a bottle that jim should have held onto. molly turned on dolly and dolly hit molly upon the pate.

paul kavanagh was born in England 1971. he is happy. his wife is happy. together they are happy.

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