Words by Tom Collins in response to Seven-Drawer Chest by Zoe Murphy

#MexicotoMargate

The donkey man came round last night. He
was wearing a sombrero with ‘Kiss Me Quick’
on a band around the crown, and carrying a
pink piñata.

“That’s not chic,” I said, wiping chilli con carne
from the Formica top.

“It reminds me when I was a lad, walking
donkeys on Margate beach,” he replied, a tear
dropping from his Zapata moustache.

The piñata rattled. I looked for a snake.

“The chest is over there. Those drawers once
held my most precious things.”

“Only he who carries the coffin knows how
much the dead man weighs,” he said, leaving.

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