John D Robinson writes

THE REPORT
 

Police and paramedics

reported upon entering

the house that they

could not see the floor:

plates of rotting food,

soiled nappies, dirty

clothes, overflowing

ashtrays, broken toys,

discarded packaging

were trod upon as

they made their way

into the bedroom

which was in a similar

condition:

the night before,

19 year old Kylie had

partied until 3:30am

and decided to head to

her mother’s: she

climbed into bed next

to her ma and didn’t

awake until 2:30pm:

she dressed ready for

work and then noticed

her mother hadn’t stirred:

she was dead, Kylie had

slept beside the corpse of

her 36 year old speed

addicted heart-attack

mum: 2 young sisters

were upstairs in a

bedroom that was

filthy and they were

hungry and unkempt:

Kylie had been

raped at 13, had a

child at 16 that was

taken into care:

she sat amongst the

shit and chaos and

wept: the police and

paramedics did what

they had to do

treading across

carpets of desperation

and suicide.

La naissance des désirs liquides (Birth of Liquid Desires) -- Salvador Dalí