Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Material for a Prosecution, for Tiffany Atkinson




Material for a Prosecution

Although she had often alluded to rough sex,
toyed with rape-fantasy and stocking-mask,
I found myself shocked
and then overly concerned
before I finally pissed myself
about the fluffy handcuffs she kept in a drawer
next to the The Story of O
and the massive black dildo,
so hilariously personal and political,
ironically playing their parts in her undoing.

We’d both laughed and squirmed over
his advances. Called him Big Gay Bill
and, after several chances, punched
him firmly on the chin in Rummers’ beer garden;
while the lecherous grin
holding his saliva in place
grew more and more infantile
beneath the paedophile
eyes, squinting like a reptile through the cracks.
He threw his podgy little grey head back

as though nothing had happened.
And he was so right.
A couple of months later
he passed it around: they were an item
and they were both writing
the best sex book
of their lives.
Thought I knew about playing with knives
but not like that. What was to come
would be cold and more clinical

than cutting. As soon as it hit the papers
I easily put together
a case for the defence:
she was into sex and violence
from the start. And liked to write
about her self-inflicted scars. He didn’t
break in either, she gave him the key
before taking advantage of his liberty.
And though now he’s inside, I guess its
still pretty funny
that she’ll be dining out on it for years.



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