A regular purchase with holiday coins,
counted out six times.
“As I was giving birth my Chris was cheating with a GRANNY!”
At first
I ignored the articles,
looking only for squares to fill,
words to search,
problem-solving
amongst the unacknowledged problems.
Finding a chance to win
“My hubby’s other woman was my TWIN!”
After two decades
relishing the misery
of others.
Vowing to never sell my story
to ravenous eyes
blurred with false emotion.
“Mum left so Daddy made ME his wife!”
Empathy dulled
by the recording of trauma
within glossy pages
in pillar-box red and forest green.
An assault of fonts!
And always that exclamation mark
and capitalised WORD!
I helped make this:
“Britain’s BIGGEST selling women’s magazine!”
How did photos of horrific injury,
dog bites, reactions to hair dye
and domestic abuse
became one of my holiday traditions?
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